Python: Count the occurrences of each word in a given sentence

Python String: Exercise-12 with Solution

Write a Python program to count the occurrences of each word in a given sentence.

Sample Solution:-

Python Code:

def word_count(str):
    counts = dict()
    words = str.split()

    for word in words:
        if word in counts:
            counts[word] += 1
        else:
            counts[word] = 1

    return counts

print( word_count('the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.'))

Sample Output:

{'the': 2, 'jumps': 1, 'brown': 1, 'lazy': 1, 'fox': 1, 'over': 1, 'quick': 1, 'dog.': 1} 

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