Completely agree. I think readability is key and any way to make your code easier to understand without adding unnecessaryu lines is appreciated.

I completely agree. this is both succint and readable. Some of the other solutions are vague, IMO.

this solution is pretty similar to what I ended up doing as well. Great job!

I kept trying something similiar to this, but for some reason I kept getting a syntax error with the for keyword. is it because I didn't use brackets?

Man... this is really clever! inspiring!

I didn't do it this way, but as a new programmer I appreciate it as its a good way to practice dictionary usage.