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kelly fink
4,434 PointsWhat is wrong with my code?
I have been staring at my code for a long time but can't really understand what is wrong with it. I
know that I didn't make any use of the packing method(**). Not sure how to incorporate it into my code. Thank for the help...!
# E.g. word_count("I do not like it Sam I Am") gets back a dictionary like:
# {'i': 2, 'do': 1, 'it': 1, 'sam': 1, 'like': 1, 'not': 1, 'am': 1}
# Lowercase the string to make it easier.
def word_count(string.lower()):
for i in word_count:
key = i
value = string.count(i)
dict = {}
dict.update({key:value})
return dict
1 Answer
Oszkár Fehér
Treehouse Project ReviewerDear Kelly, I don't know where to start, First of all you loop trough the method name and not the acctual string. You should use the string, but before that you have to split the string at the white spaces
string.lower().split(' ')
which creates a list and from that list you loop trough. After this u use 'dict' as variable name, dict is already a bultin, So in your code dict=dict Like this is ok:
name = {}
or
name = dict()
Don't get disappointed because you're doing great. I hope i was for your help if you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. Happy coding