PCC01 jatinsinghal1921

01/jatinsinghal1921/wordvalue.py

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+from data import DICTIONARY, LETTER_SCORES
+
+def load_words():
+    """Load dictionary into a list and return list"""
+    dictionary_file_obj = open(DICTIONARY,"r")
+    dictionary_list = dictionary_file_obj.readlines()
+    dictionary_list = [each_word[:-1] for each_word in dictionary_list]
+    return dictionary_list
+
+def calc_word_value(input_word):
+    """Calculate the value of the word entered into function
+    using imported constant mapping LETTER_SCORES"""
+    input_word_value = 0
+    for each_letter in input_word:
+        try:
+            input_word_value += LETTER_SCORES[each_letter.upper()]
+        except Exception as e:
+            print("Exception Obtained in word: " + "'" +  input_word  + "'" +" and exception is " + str(e))
+
+    return input_word_value
+
+def max_word_value(words_list = load_words()):
+    """Calculate the word with the max value, can receive a list
+    of words as arg, if none provided uses default DICTIONARY"""
+    max_value = 0
+    max_word = ""
+    for each_word in words_list:
+        curr_word_value = calc_word_value(each_word)
+        if curr_word_value > max_value:
+            max_value = curr_word_value
+            max_word = each_word
+    return max_word
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    dictionary_list = load_words()
+    max_word = max_word_value(('bob', 'julian', 'pybites', 'quit', 'barbeque'))
+    print("Word with Maximum Value : " + max_word)
+
+