get method not counting number of strings in dictionary

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Hi,

I've only been learning to code for a couple of weeks now. This is my first post. If I've posted incorrectly please do let me know.

So, I'vebeen typing this code:

counts = dict()
names = {"x", "y", "z", "x", "a"}
for name in names:
    counts[name] = counts.get(name, 0) + 1
print(counts)

and when running it, I'm getting this output:

Output:
D:\Python\helloworld\venv\Scripts\python.exe D:/Python/helloworld/app.py
{'a': 1, 'z': 1, 'x': 1, 'y': 1}

Process finished with exit code 0

Why isn't the code correctly counting the number of values in the "names" variable?

Thank you