Terry Carroll wrote:
>>>>freq = {}
>>>>sampletext = "norwegian blue"
>>>>for char in sampletext:
>
> ... freq[char] = freq.setdefault(char,0)+1Although I'm a big fan of setdefault() I think this particular example is better written as freq[char] = freq.get(char,0)+1 There is no need to store the initial 0 into freq as it will immediately be overwritten. Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
