I'm able to count all of the words in my .txt file but I'm having a hard time putting that result inside of my dictionary. I tried adding a new key value pair to my dictionary, I don't know if I did it right. I called the key "count" and I am calling the value "total". I'm trying to grab the variable "total" and make it the value of my dictionary. I don't if you are allowed do that or not but I could use some help. I don't if it has anything to do with the error that I'm getting but the error message is right below my code. Here's my code:
# Created a dictionary word_dictionary = dict () # opening my filing and setting it in read mode and calling it f with open ( ' findall.txt' , ' r' ) as f: # Getting input from the user word = input ( " Enter the word to search for: " ) # reading through the file content = f.read() # counts to see how many words there are total = content.count(word) # creating a new key value pair for word_dictionary word_dictionary[ ' count' ] = total # Trying to print the result print ( ' The word count for ' ,word, ' is' , word_dictionary[word][ ' count' ])
I get an error when I run the program this is what it says:

Quote:

Enter the word to search for: life
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 13, in <module>
print('The word count for ',word, 'is', word_dictionary[word]['count'])
KeyError: 'life'

What I have tried:
I tried searching google for the key error that I'm getting but I wasn't able to find any results online. I'd suggest to start here: 5. Data Structures — Python 3.9.5 documentation [ ^ ].
Take a look at this small piece of code:
>>> tel = { ' jack' : 4098 , ' sape' : 4139 } >>> tel[ ' guido' ] = 4127 { ' jack' : 4098 , ' sape' : 4139 , ' guido' : 4127 } >>> tel[ ' jack' ] >>> del tel[ ' sape' ] >>> tel[ ' irv' ] = 4127
So, to add key-value-pair to your dictionaty, you should use:
word_dictionary[ ' your_word_here' ] = count_of_word word_dictionary[ ' count' ] = total You are using the key 'count' instead of the word chosen by the user. It should be:
word_dictionary[word] = total

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