I'm stuck on ps5 problem #3. When running the test for is_valid_word, my function doesn't seem to be returning anything ever.

letterCounts = {}
valid = "True"

for letter in word:
letterCounts[letter] = letterCounts.get(letter, 0) + 1

for letter in letterCounts:
if letterCounts[letter] hand.get(letter, 0):
valid = "False"

if word not in word_list:
valid = "False"

return valid

Question

I'm stuck on ps5 problem #3.  When running the test for is_valid_word, my function doesn't seem to be returning anything ever.

letterCounts = {}
    valid = "True"

for letter in word:
        letterCounts[letter] = letterCounts.get(letter, 0) + 1

for letter in letterCounts:
        if letterCounts[letter] > hand.get(letter, 0):
            valid = "False"

if word not in word_list:
        valid = "False"

return valid

anonymous · Answer

For your first part, you might want to look at the get_frequency_dict function earlier in the exercise. Maybe use that on word. Also, instead of your valid variable, each for/if loop can just return True or False. Oh, and your second for loop, I would try and make it so you just compare something[letter] and hand[letter]. That kind of ties in to my first comment about using get_frequency_dict, since the hand is a frequency dict itself... Hope this helps! sorry for rambling.

anonymous · Answer

I figured it out.  I needed to remove the quotes from True and False.