#def char_count(list)
#  @letters = {}
#  list.each do |word|
#    word.split('').each { |letter| @letters[letter] += 1 }
#  end
#  @letters
#end#
# Why the long face(error)?
# 1. This should return count of each letter in the list

#puts char_count(['apples', 'oranges', 'hipsters', 'are', 'same'])


# 2. What are the improvements you can do to above code?



def char_count(list)
  @letters = {}
  list.each do |word|
    word.split('').each do |letter|
    @letters[letter].nil? ? @letters[letter] = 1 : @letters[letter] += 1
    end
  end
  @letters
end

puts char_count(['apples', 'oranges', 'hipsters', 'are', 'same'])