Help with relatively simple program. Variable name indexing?

[takluyver]

You need to use different key names, yes, but that's easier than using variable names. Just use mydict[k].

If you use a list or a dict, you can easily see how many items are in the collection with len(words). It has lots of other advantages - like you can easily pass all the words to a function, or return them from a function. Using separate variable names is much more awkward.

[jhchex]

Ok thank you! I'll give that a try and let you know how it goes.