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dictionary to the rescue solution in Clear category for The Most Wanted Letter by elkiehirvi
def checkio(text):
count = {}
for letter in text.lower():
if letter.isalpha() == False:
continue
count.setdefault(letter, 0)
count[letter] = count[letter] + 1
sortedCount = sorted([(k, v) for k, v in count.items()], key=lambda x: x[0])
return max(sortedCount, key=lambda x:x[1])[0]
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. 23, 2015
