First submission (pybites#324)

* add .vscode/ to .gitignore

* complete PCC01

.gitignore

@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 **sqlite
 .idea/
 .DS_Store
+.vscode 

01/hishamo76/wordvalue.py

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+from data import DICTIONARY, LETTER_SCORES
+
+
+def load_words():
+    """Load dictionary into a list and return list"""
+    with open(DICTIONARY) as f:
+        return [word.strip() for word in f.read().split()]
+
+
+def calc_word_value(word):
+    """Calculate the value of the word entered into function
+    using imported constant mapping LETTER_SCORES"""
+    return sum(LETTER_SCORES.get(char.upper(), 0) for char in word)
+
+
+def max_word_value(words=None):
+    """Calculate the word with the max value, can receive a list
+    of words as arg, if none provided uses default DICTIONARY"""
+    if words is None:
+        words = load_words()
+    return max(words, key=calc_word_value)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    pass  # run unittests to validate