Mark, I'm following the instructor's video exercise, available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cwXN5_3K6Q.
View attached screen shot file, image file shows a copy of the counter: cou[wrd] =cou.get(wrd,0) +1 Please, explain the differences in counter methods? Hal On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Mark Lawrence <breamore...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On 06/08/2015 20:05, Ltc Hotspot wrote: > >> On my breath and soul, I did: >> >> Counter objects have a dictionary interface except that they return a zero >> count for missing items instead of raising a KeyError >> <https://docs.python.org/3/library/exceptions.html#KeyError>: >> > > That's nice to know. What do the rest of the methods on the class do? > > Please don't top post here, it makes following long threads difficult. >>>>> >>>> > What did you not understand about the above? > > You obviously haven't bothered to read the link I gave you about the >>> Counter class so I give up. >>> >>> > If you'd read the entire write up why are you still wasting time with a > loop to find a maximum that simply doesn't work, when there is likely a > solution in the Counter class right in front of your eyes? > > > -- > My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask > what you can do for our language. > > Mark Lawrence > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor