On 21/02/15 16:48, Tim Johnson wrote:
Hi Guys,
Hi, please don't send the entire digest, some folks pay by the byte.
Ideally send a new mail to tutor@python.org instead of replying to an
existing digest.
Also change the subject to something meaningful so folks an find
it in the archives.
*def word_counter(word, string):*
* counter = 0*
* for item in string:*
* if item == word:*
* counter = counter + 1*
*print counter*
Your last line is outside the function so counter is invisible to it.
You need to indent the line so it is in line with the for... line
However I suspect this function is not going to do what you hope it
will. item will iterate over the characters in the string not the words.
You probably want something like
def word)_counter(word, string):
count = 0
for group in string.split():
if group == word:
count += 1
return count
hth
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