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Wajid Mohammed
5,698 Pointswhen i run this is workspace is works but here it says Bummer. Any advice please where I am wrong?
Please help me with this code as upon checking work it doesnt like it.
# 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(mystring):
lower_case_string = mystring.lower()
count_dict = {}
for value in (lower_case_string.split(" ")):
if value in count_dict:
x = count_dict.get(value)
x = x + 1
count_dict[value] = x
else:
count_dict[value] = 1
return count_dict
2 Answers
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 PointsHey Wajid,
Your code looks good 
"Hmm, didn't get the expected output. Be sure you're lowercasing the string and splitting on all whitespace!" It's the last part of the last sentence that gives the clue. The instructions for the challenge specifically state to "split on all whitespace" but you are splitting on just spaces as indicated with (" ").
Remember... to split on all whitespace, you don't pass anything into the method, so (" ") should just be ().
Tip: Challenges are very specific and extremely picky. So, usually when something works outside of the challenge, it is because something does not exactly match what the instructions are asking. It could be something as small as a missing period or a spelling error in a string... or something like splitting on spaces instead of all whitespace.
Other than that... Great job on the code!! :)
Keep Coding!
Wajid Mohammed
5,698 PointsThanks very much for spotting the problem.