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Lots of if-statements solution in Clear category for The Most Wanted Letter by JeffersonHolbrook
def checkio(text):
i = 0
mostCount = 0
text = str.lower(text)
while i < len(text):
if str.isalpha(text[i]):
itemCount = text.count(text[i])
item = text[i]
if itemCount > mostCount:
mostCount = itemCount
mostLetter = item
elif itemCount == mostCount:
if item < mostLetter:
mostLetter = item
i = i+1
#replace this for solution
return mostLetter
if __name__ == '__main__':
#These "asserts" using only for self-checking and not necessary for auto-testing
assert checkio("Hello World!") == "l", "Hello test"
assert checkio("How do you do?") == "o", "O is most wanted"
assert checkio("One") == "e", "All letter only once."
assert checkio("Oops!") == "o", "Don't forget about lower case."
assert checkio("AAaooo!!!!") == "a", "Only letters."
assert checkio("abe") == "a", "The First."
print("Start the long test")
assert checkio("a" * 9000 + "b" * 1000) == "a", "Long."
print("The local tests are done.")
July 27, 2014
