From 2dfb140e243ebb6200809544e10ae9dfc7ac79c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lane Hesser <LaneHesser@macbook-pro.lan>
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 21:28:29 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] PCC01 LaneHesser

---
 01/LaneHesser/wordvalue.py | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 01/LaneHesser/wordvalue.py

diff --git a/01/LaneHesser/wordvalue.py b/01/LaneHesser/wordvalue.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be9bcb5fd
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+++ b/01/LaneHesser/wordvalue.py
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+from string import ascii_uppercase
+
+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: str):
+    """Calculate the value of the word entered into function
+    using imported constant mapping LETTER_SCORES"""
+
+    value = 0
+
+    for letter in word:
+        letter = letter.upper()
+        if letter in ascii_uppercase:
+            value += LETTER_SCORES[letter]
+
+    return value
+
+    # return sum([
+    #     LETTER_SCORES[letter.upper()]
+    #     for letter in word
+    # ])
+
+
+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"""
+
+    biggest, biggest_word = 0, None
+
+    for word in list_of_words:
+        current_val = calc_word_value(word)
+        if current_val > biggest:
+            biggest = current_val
+            biggest_word = word
+
+    return biggest_word
+
+
+    # return max([
+    #     calc_word_value(word)
+    #     for word in list_of_words
+    # ])
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    pass