[Tutor] Fw: Issues With Map Reduce

[Alan Gauld]

On 26/09/11 18:00, StevenJ Hennessy wrote:
> Hello,
> I am currently struggling with a homework assignment. I need to use Map
> reduce to create a dictionary of palendromes -> number of palendrome
> for example: the string "bab bab bab cab cac dad" would output:
> bab 3
> cab 1

I assume this should be cac?

> dad 1

> here is what I have so far

> def palendrome(string):
> palendromes = []
> for word in string.split(" "):
>    if (word == word[::-1]):
>       palendromes.append(word)
> return palendromes

This seems pretty fair

> string = "abc abd bab tab cab tat yay uaefdfdu"

And the purpose of this is?

> print map(lambda x: palendrome(x), ["bab abc dab bab bab dad crap pap
> pap "])
> #returns a list of lists [['bab', 'bab', 'bab', 'dad', 'pap', 'pap', '']]

That last element seems odd...
Why are you applying map() to a list containing just one element?

> #Here is my attempt so far at the reduce section
>
> def p(lists):
> for list in lists:
> set_h = set(list)
> return set_h

The problem description mentioned using a dictionary.
I don't see any dictionaries?

> #with the p function I want to create a set of all palendromes found.
> Then run a count of the palendroms on the list and make a dict #out of this
>
> print reduce(p, [['bab', 'bab', 'bab', 'dad', 'pap', 'pap', '']])

Again, reduce isn't really doing anything here, you are just applying 
the function to a single element in the list.

> Am I on the right track?

Sadly no. You are on track to produce a solution of sorts but not one 
that matches your original problem description/requirements statement.
You need to use map/reduce/a dictionary. Now, I'm not sure the 
map/reduce/dictionary solution is a good idea, but it is the one you 
have been asked to write.

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Alan G
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