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Using ASCII codes solution in Clear category for The Most Wanted Letter by renaven
def checkio(text):
registry = [0 for i in range(1, 27)]
text = text.lower()
for char in "abcdefghijklmnopqrstxyz":
x = ord(char) - 97
registry[x] = text.count(char)
highest_count = max(registry)
letter = chr(registry.index(highest_count) + 97)
return letter
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.")
Dec. 11, 2015
