From 5ec1fa712a77dc2612bd7b4e3d9011768279c480 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Quinn Perfetto <thequinnftw@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 19:19:41 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] use a default dict for the deck of cards problem

---
 InterviewPrep/deckOfCards.py | 11 ++++-------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/InterviewPrep/deckOfCards.py b/InterviewPrep/deckOfCards.py
index dae60ad..a886cff 100644
--- a/InterviewPrep/deckOfCards.py
+++ b/InterviewPrep/deckOfCards.py
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
-
+from collections import defaultdict
 
 def deckOfCards (deck):
-    cardMap = {}
+    cardMap = defaultdict(int)
     # Storing The Cards
     for card in deck:
-        if card not in cardMap:
-            cardMap[card] = 1
-        else:
-            cardMap[card] += 1
+        cardMap[card] += 1
     # Finding the card with the smallest count
     if len(cardMap) < 52:
         return 0
@@ -15,4 +12,4 @@ def deckOfCards (deck):
 
 
 deck = ["AH,AS,5D,5D,AH"]
-print deckOfCards(deck)
\ No newline at end of file
+print deckOfCards(deck)