Count word frequency without using count()

Question

Python counts every character, but not word. Something to do to change? Not using count()

dict = {}
def convert(sentence):
    return (sentence.split())
 

sentece =  input("write something: ")
print( convert(sentence))


for item in sentence:
    if item not in ordbok:
        dict[item] = 0
    dict[item] += 1
print(dict)

Answer 1

Please find below the issues with your current logic:

• iterate on the return list you get after convert(sentence).

• if you iterate on the sentence, it will take character count

Please find the code below with the corrections:

dict = {}

def convert(sentence):
    return (sentence.split())

sentence = input("write something: ")
print(convert(sentence))

for item in convert(sentence):
    if item not in dict:
        dict[item] = 0
    dict[item] += 1
print(dict)