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First solution in Clear category for Worth of Words by Merzix
VALUES = {'e': 1, 'a': 1, 'i': 1, 'o': 1, 'n': 1, 'r': 1,
't': 1, 'l': 1, 's': 1, 'u': 1, 'd': 2, 'g': 2,
'b': 3, 'c': 3, 'm': 3, 'p': 3, 'f': 4, 'h': 4,
'v': 4, 'w': 4, 'y': 4, 'k': 5, 'j': 8, 'x': 8,
'q': 10, 'z': 10}
def word_weight(word):
return sum(VALUES[letter] for letter in word)
def worth_of_words(words):
return max(words, key=word_weight)
if __name__ == '__main__':
assert worth_of_words(['hi', 'quiz', 'bomb', 'president']) == 'quiz'
assert worth_of_words(['zero', 'one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'five']) == 'zero'
Nov. 22, 2018
