Question

I must substract from dictionary values.

list1 = {'i': 1, 'k': 1, 'j': 1, 'o': 2, 'q': 1, 's': 1, 'x': 1, 'z': 1}
string = 'ikjoosgx'
for letter in string:
I NEED TO DECREASE list1 key of same name as letter VALUE BY 1. DIPSIT!

Answer 1

Another solution, this time using the good old setdefault:

list1 = {'i': 1, 'k': 1, 'j': 1, 'o': 2, 'q': 1, 's': 1, 'x': 1, 'z': 1}
string1 = 'ikjoosgx'
for letter in string1:
    list1[letter] = list1.setdefault(letter, 0) - 1