PCC01 demarcoz (pybites#335)

01/demarcoz/wordvalue.py

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+from data import DICTIONARY, LETTER_SCORES
+
+def load_words():
+    """Load dictionary into a list and return list"""
+    with open(DICTIONARY, 'r') as f:
+        wordlist = f.read().splitlines()
+    return wordlist
+
+def calc_word_value(word):
+    """Calculate the value of the word entered into function
+    using imported constant mapping LETTER_SCORES"""
+    value = 0
+    for letter in word:
+        value += LETTER_SCORES.get(letter.upper(),0)
+    return value
+
+def max_word_value(wordlist=None):
+    """Calculate the word with the max value, can receive a list
+    of words as arg, if none provided uses default DICTIONARY"""
+    if wordlist is None:
+        wordlist = load_words()
+    word_values = {}
+    for word in wordlist:
+        word_values[word] = calc_word_value(word)
+    return max(word_values.iterkeys(), key=(lambda key: word_values[key]))
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    pass # run unittests to validate