[Tutor] Dictionary Issue

[Clayton Kirkwood]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tutor [mailto:tutor-bounces+crk=godblessthe.us at python.org] On
> Behalf Of Mark Lawrence
> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2015 3:23 PM
> To: tutor at python.org
> Subject: Re: [Tutor] Dictionary Issue
> 
> On 05/08/2015 15:15, Ltc Hotspot wrote:
> > Hi everyone:
> >
> > I want to write a python program that reads through the data file of
> > mbox-short.txt.Mbox-short.txt, i.e.,  download is available at
> > http://www.py4inf.com/code/mbox-short.txt.
> >
> > Secondly, I want for python to figure out who sent the greatest number
> > of mail messages.
> >
> > The output should read: cwen at iupui.edu 5
> >
> > However, there is a traceback message:
> >
> > In [40]: %run 9_4_4.py
> >    File "C:\Users\vm\Desktop\apps\docs\Python\_9_4_4.py", line 19
> >      count = dict()
> >          ^
> > SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> >
> > Raw data code reads:
> >
> > fname = raw_input("Enter file name: ") handle = open (fname, 'r') text
> > = handle.read()
> >
> > ## The program looks for 'From ' lines and takes the second ## word of
> > those lines as the person who sent the mail.
> >
> > addresses = set()
> > for addr in [ text.split()[2]('From  ')
> >      if fromline
> >
> > ## The program creates a Python dictionary that maps ## the sender's
> > mail address to a count of the number ## of times they appear in the
> > file.
> >
> >          count = dict()
> >          for wrd in word:
> >              count[wrd]= count.get(wrd,0) +1
> >
> > ## After the dictionary is produced, the program reads ## through the
> > dictionary using a maximum loop to ## find the greatest number of mail
> > messages.
> >
> > maxval = none
> > maxkee = none
> > for kee, val in count.items():
> >      if maxval == none or maxval <val:
> >          maxval = val
> >          maxkee = kee
> >
> > print items
> >
> > Question: What is the cause of the dictionary line message?
> >
> 
> Learning to find these syntax errors is a skill you must learn for
yourself.  Very
> often the error occurs one or even more lines before the line on which the
> error is actually detected.  So please go back from where the error is
actually
> reported and see what you can find.  Very strong hint, do not ask again
until
> you've fixed at least two of the three errors, and there may be more :)
> 

It looks like the problem is with count=dict()
Should be count=dict{}

I may be wrong - U'm still a neophyte.
crk