because count is an object. the ternary operation is checkin if the property (key: value) is in the count object already. if yes, it adds 1 to the stored value, if not it sets/adds the property.

so if string = 'example', the first run is going to see that count is empty, so count['e'] doesn't exist, and it will set count[e] = 1. then you have count = {e: 1}.

wow, this is pretty dumb by me lol. boo

hm, i see now that my code is redundant

hahaha, we're all here to learn. i didn't even realize.

hm, i can get the test cases but i haven't figured out what to do in certain cases yet.

definitely make sure to read it carefully and compare your output with the example.

had fun figuring it out, have a lot to learn from the solutions!

haha, i tried to do this and didn't really pull it off (slightly different way)

pretty fun, would like to revisit to see if i can do it better

good bc it forces you to try to use math due to the test cases.

tried a few ways to get this to work with powershell...but the code wants \n and pwsh uses `n. moving on.