Create unit8_ex8.3.3.py

lironmiz · web-flow · commit 8860f4a4c71e · 2023-01-05T05:25:37.000+02:00
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+# exercise 8.3.3 from unit 8
+'''
+Write a function called count_chars defined like this:
+
+def count_chars(my_str):
+The function accepts a string as a parameter.
+The function returns a dictionary, so that each element in it is a pair consisting of a key: a character from the passed string (not including spaces), and an array: the number of times the character appears in the string.
+
+An example of running the count_chars function:
+>>> magic_str = "abra cadabra"
+>>> count_chars(magic_str)
+{'a': 5, 'b': 2, 'r': 2, 'c': 1, 'd': 1}
+'''
+
+def main():
+    def count_chars_helper(my_str):
+        char_counts = {}
+        for char in my_str:
+            if char == ' ':
+                continue
+            if char not in char_counts:
+                char_counts[char] = 1
+            else:
+                char_counts[char] += 1
+        return char_counts
+
+    magic_str = "abra cadabra"
+    print(count_chars_helper(magic_str))
+
+main()
+
