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Hello , I'm a python beginner and I need help with For + Count.

I need to create a program that inputs a text , and then it count how many times the letter A, B, C appears in the text.
If A appears the most it needs to print a
If B appears the most it needs to print b
If C appears the most it needs to print c
If there isnt any a,c,b in the text or the 3 letters appear at the same amount it needs to print Balanced

I need help with the last IF i mentiond and I also need help with the 3 other IF'S because if I input 'ACC' it will print a and not c

text = raw_input ('Enter a text:')
count_a = 0
count_b = 0
count_c = 0
for letter in text:
    if letter == 'a':
        count_a += 1
    if letter == 'b':
        count_b += 1
    if letter == 'c':
        count_c += 1
if count_a > count_b or count_c:
    print 'a'
elif count_b > count_a or count_c:
    print 'b'
elif count_c > count_a or count_b:
    print 'c'
else
    print 'balanced'

I also tried using AND instead of OR

To check that a is the maximum, you need to be sure that it is greater than b and greater than c. You are only checking if a is greater than b. So the comparisons after the loop each need to have to inequality comparisons joined by the and operator.

Is this what you mean?

text = raw_input ('Enter a text:')
count_a = 0
count_b = 0
count_c = 0
for letter in text:
    if letter == 'a':
        count_a += 1
    if letter == 'b':
        count_b += 1
    if letter == 'c':
        count_c += 1
if count_a > count_b and count_c:
    print 'a'
elif count_b > count_a and count_c:
    print 'b'
elif count_c > count_a and count_b:
    print 'c'
else
    print 'balanced'

That isn't doing what you think it's doing. Have a read: https://python-forum.io/Thread-Multiple-...or-keyword

(Nov-09-2018, 06:36 PM)nilamo Wrote: [ -> ]That isn't doing what you think it's doing. Have a read: https://python-forum.io/Thread-Multiple-...or-keyword

So what do I need to do to make the program work well?

(Nov-09-2018, 03:23 PM)Itay Wrote: [ -> ]if count_a > count_b and count_c:

That depends on what your intention is with that code. Right now, it's the same as this: if (count_a > count_b) and (count_c > 0):