Can't Assign to Literal Syntax Error

[ericyan1234]

This is my function. Can anyone help me figure it out?

count = 0
def fizz_count(x):
    for 'fizz' in fizz_count:
        int(count) +=1
    return count

[bvdet]

You cannot assign a value to a string. In your for loop, python attempts to assign a value to the target 'fizz'.

>>> 'fizz' = 0
Traceback (  File "<interactive input>", line 1
SyntaxError: can't assign to literal
>>> 

It should be done similar to:

for fizz in expression_list:

Note that expression_list is evaluated once and should yield an iterable object. In your case, fizz_count is a function object, not an iterable object, and the expression will fail.

[ericyan1234]

But shouldn't fizz be in quotes because I'm looking for the word among a list of 'x'. What would expression list be in this case? I'm still a bit confused. And also, is my x input okay right now? I feel like I should make it a list variable but I'm not quite sure how.

[bvdet]

Something like the following?

>>> def fizz_count(x):
...     count = 0
...     for word in x:
...         if word == 'fizz':
...             count += 1
...     return count
... 
>>> x = ['bizz', 'fizz', 'tizz', 'fizz']
>>> fizz_count(x)
2
>>>

The same thing can be accomplished using list method count.

>>> x = ['bizz', 'fizz', 'tizz', 'fizz']
>>> x.count('fizz')
2
>>> 

From what data is x derived?

[ericyan1234]

Thanks guys I redid it and this
# Write your function below!

def fizz_count(x):
    count = 0
    for word in x:
        if word == 'fizz':
            count +=1
    return count
 

worked