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Count how many times each letter appears in banana. Use a dictionary.
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Count how many times each letter appears in banana. Use a dictionary.
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counts[x] = counts.get(x, 0) + 1
The worked solution
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Plan. An empty dictionary. For each letter, add 1 to its count. The first time, get gives 0.
The result is {'b': 1, 'a': 3, 'n': 2}.
Check. , the number of letters in banana. ✓
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