PCC01 markdyousef (pybites#270)

01/markdyousef/wordvalue.py

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+from data import DICTIONARY, LETTER_SCORES
+import re
+
+
+def load_words():
+    """Load dictionary into a list and return list"""
+    file = open(DICTIONARY)
+    words = file.read().splitlines()
+    file.close()
+
+    return words
+
+
+def calc_word_value(word):
+    """Calculate the value of the word entered into function
+    using imported constant mapping LETTER_SCORES"""
+    _word = re.findall('[A-Za-z]', word)  # only letters
+    letters = [l.upper() for l in _word]
+    score = sum(LETTER_SCORES[l] for l in letters)
+    return score
+
+
+def max_word_value(words=[]):
+    """Calculate the word with the max value, can receive a list
+    of words as arg, if none provided uses default DICTIONARY"""
+    if len(words) < 1:
+        words = load_words()
+    word_values = [calc_word_value(w) for w in words]
+    mword, _ = max(zip(words, word_values), key=lambda x: x[1])
+    return mword
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    pass  # run unittests to validate