Question

Problem Set 6, problem 3: my get_words_to_points just keeps running and running. It takes 5 minutes to return the points_dict dictionary, but then continues running! help?

Answer 1

people are gonna tell u to post your code, somewhere like dpaste.com
If you want i can post my code for that function..

I have made it my mission to help u get this function working. POST YOUR CODE, lemme have a look!!!

Answer 2

def get_words_to_points(word_list):

"""
Return a dict that maps every word in word_list to its point value.
"""
points_dict= {}
for word in word_list:
score = 0
for letter in word:
score += SCRABBLE_LETTER_VALUES[letter.lower()]
points_dict.update({word:score})
return points_dict

It shouldn't be that hard really, I am basically using values from what they've given us like the scrabble letter values and the word list. It isn't like this is a function building off of another possibly erroneous function. It would be great if you could run it and see if it works

Answer 3

this isht is messed up, that reply was supposed to go in the barnyard question....

anyway i'll see if i can help, gimme a min to look at your code

Answer 4

oh... well in that case this is probably a lot more difficult!!

Answer 5

if you've not done problem set 6, then this will probably make no sense...

Answer 6

i have done problem 6, i just finished problem 8, (after like 2 months, and i ended up kinda plagarising the answer , but oh well)

And my replies did go the right place, but damn, this site can get laggy.

http://pastebin.com/7Rha2G5y
^that's my code, in case u wanna look at it.

in the mean time im gonna try figure out why your code isnt working, you'll proabbly solve it before me.

the first thin i noticed though is that you declare points_dict in the get_words_to_points() function. but i have it at the top as a global variable kind of thing, i dont know if that is relevant. anyway im gonna keep looking at your code and try to figure it out.

Answer 7

actually i just got it to work, but thanks anyway!!

Answer 8

awwwwwwwwwwwwwww crap, i wanted to be the one to sort it out.... :(
well done tho, dont u just love it when u solve the problem , hehe

Answer 9

yeah, its awesome!