Finished PCC01 (pybites#207)

Author: cactail

01/cactail/wordvalue.py

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+from data import DICTIONARY, LETTER_SCORES
+
+
+def load_words():
+    """Load dictionary into a list and return list"""
+    file_ = DICTIONARY
+    with open(file_) as f:
+        words = f.readlines()
+        return [word.strip() for word in words]
+
+
+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:
+        if letter.isalpha():
+            value += LETTER_SCORES[letter.capitalize()]
+    return value
+
+
+def max_word_value(list_of_words=load_words()):
+    """Calculate the word with the max value, can receive a list
+    of words as arg, if none provided uses default DICTIONARY"""
+    word_position = max([(pos, calc_word_value(word))
+                         for pos, word
+                         in enumerate(list_of_words)], key=lambda x: x[1])[0]
+    return list_of_words[word_position]
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    pass  # run unittests to validate