Question

Im trying to split a string of letters into a dictionary which automatically adds the value +1 for every letter present more than once.

The only problem is that my code adds the value +1 for every key…For example if i input: “aasf” the dict will be: a:2, s:2, f:2… Whats wrong??

word = raw_input("Write letters: ")
chars = {}

for c in word:
    chars[c] = c.count(c)
    if c in chars:
        chars[c] += 1
print chars

Answer 1

you must use either

chars[c] = words.count(c)

OR

chars[c] += 1

but not both.