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Lists & loops easy

How to Validate Text Against Forbidden Words in Python

Checks whether a given text contains any forbidden words and returns a tuple with validity and offending words.

text validation lists loops
Python
def validate_text(text, forbidden_words):
    """
    Checks that text does not contain any forbidden words.
    Returns (is_valid, offending_words) tuple.
    """
    words = text.lower().split()
    found = [word for word in words if word in forbidden_words]
    return len(found) == 0, found


if __name__ == "__main…
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Dictionaries & sets easy

How to Validate Text and Count Words in Python

Count word frequencies, find unique and repeated words in a text using Python dictionaries and sets for beginner text validation.

dictionaries sets text-processing
Python
def validate_text(text):
    words = text.lower().split()
    
    word_counts = {}
    for word in words:
        cleaned = word.strip('.,!?;:"\'')
        if cleaned:
            word_counts[cleaned] = word_counts.get(cleaned, 0) + 1
    
    unique_words = set(word_counts.keys())
    repeated_words = {word for word…
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