PCC01 benoitroman (pybites#269)

Author: hyojjxipitug

01/benoitroman/wordvalue.py

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+from data import DICTIONARY, LETTER_SCORES
+import functools as ft
+
+
+def load_words():
+    """Load dictionary into a list and return list"""
+    words = []
+    with open(DICTIONARY, 'r') as input:
+        for line in input:
+            line = line.strip()
+            if line != '':
+                words.append(line)
+    return words
+
+
+def calc_word_value(input):
+    """Calculate the value of the word entered into function
+    using imported constant mapping LETTER_SCORES"""
+    return ft.reduce(lambda x, y: x + LETTER_SCORES.get(y.upper(), 0),
+                     input, 0)
+
+
+def max_word_value(dictionary=None):
+    """Calculate the word with the max value, can receive a list
+    of words as arg, if none provided uses default DICTIONARY"""
+    dictionary = dictionary if dictionary is not None else load_words()
+    max_word = ''
+    max_value = 0
+    for w in dictionary:
+        value = calc_word_value(w)
+        if value > max_value:
+            max_word = w
+            max_value = value
+            # print(f'new max value found: {max_word} => {max_value}')
+    return max_word