How to set a variable equal to an object inside a dictionary in python
<p>I am new to python and I'm trying to write a simple word counter using a dictionary.  I am wondering why the following code will not work:</p>

<pre><code>while word != None:
      wordObject = Word()
      wordObject.setWord(word)
      if dictionary.has_key(wordObject.getWord():
            setCount = dictionary[wordObject.getWord()]
            setCount.setCount()
</code></pre>

<p>If I leave this as is it never enters the if statement, if I put a key value in the has key method then it will enter the statement and say that I have invalid syntax on my setCount variable.  I am trying to set that variable to the object stored at the key value in the dictionary I made and then increment the words count with the setCount method. Thanks.</p>
