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Returning a scrabble score (without letter multiplier squares).
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score = {"a": 1, "c": 3, "b": 3, "e": 1, "d": 2, "g": 2, | |
"f": 4, "i": 1, "h": 4, "k": 5, "j": 8, "m": 3, | |
"l": 1, "o": 1, "n": 1, "q": 10, "p": 3, "s": 1, | |
"r": 1, "u": 1, "t": 1, "w": 4, "v": 4, "y": 4, | |
"x": 8, "z": 10} | |
def scrabble_score(word): | |
word = word.lower() | |
tally = 0 | |
for i in word: | |
tally += score[i] | |
return tally | |
print scrabble_score("helix") |
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score = {"a": 1, "c": 3, "b": 3, "e": 1, "d": 2, "g": 2,
"f": 4, "i": 1, "h": 4, "k": 5, "j": 8, "m": 3,
"l": 1, "o": 1, "n": 1, "q": 10, "p": 3, "s": 1,
"r": 1, "u": 1, "t": 1, "w": 4, "v": 4, "y": 4,
"x": 8, "z": 10}
def scrabble_score(word):
lst = []
word = word.lower()
for letter in word:
for key in score:
if letter == key:
lst.append(score[key])
else:
continue
return sum(lst)
print scrabble_score('pie')