using System.Collections.Generic;
namespace CodingChallenge
public static void Main()
Console.WriteLine("Welcome to the Word Parser Coding Challenge");
var wordParser = new WordParser();
var distinctWordsDelimitedString = wordParser.ReturnUniqueWordsDelimited(words, delimiter: ",");
Console.WriteLine("ReturnUniqueWordsDelimited returned a count of " + distinctWordsDelimitedString.Split(',').Length);
var duplicateWordsList = wordParser.ReturnWordsWithDuplicatesList(words);
Console.WriteLine("ReturnWordsWithDuplicatesList returned a count of " + duplicateWordsList.Count);
var duplicatesDTOArray = wordParser.ReturnDuplicatesDTO(words);
Console.WriteLine("ReturnDuplicatesDTO returned a count of " + duplicatesDTOArray.Length);
Console.WriteLine("This concludes the Word Parser Coding Challenge!");
Console.WriteLine("Thank you for participating!");
public static Dictionary<string, string> GetWords()
var words = new Dictionary<string, string>();
words.Add("policeman", "bad_data");
words.Add("calculation", " ");
words.Add("thread", "bad_data");
words.Add("despair", "bad_data");
words.Add("reflection", "bad_data");
words.Add("penetrate", "bad_data");
words.Add("conference", "bad_data");
words.Add("worry", "bad_data");
words.Add("divide", "bad_data");
words.Add("organ", "bad_data");
words.Add("limited", "bad_data");
words.Add("smile", "bad_data");
words.Add("strain", "bad_data");
words.Add("expect", "bad_data");
words.Add("alcohol", "bad_data");
public string ReturnUniqueWordsDelimited(Dictionary<string, string> words, string delimiter)
List<string> strList = words.Values
.Where(val => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(val)).Distinct().ToList();
return string.Join(",", strList);
public List<string> ReturnWordsWithDuplicatesList(Dictionary<string, string> words)
var duplicateValues = words
.Where(pair => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(pair.Value))
.GroupBy(pair => pair.Value)
.Where(itemVal => itemVal.Count() > 1)
.Select(group => group.Key)
public DuplicatesDTO[] ReturnDuplicatesDTO(Dictionary<string, string> words)
var itemsCount = new Dictionary<string, int>();
foreach (var eachWord in words)
if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(eachWord.Value))
if (itemsCount.ContainsKey(eachWord.Value))
itemsCount[eachWord.Value]++;
itemsCount[eachWord.Value] = 1;
return new DuplicatesDTO[] { new DuplicatesDTO() };
public class DuplicatesDTO
public string Word { get; set; }
public int? Count { get; set; }