Write the code in python to define a function has_repeat(mystr), which takes a string parameter and returns a boolean result.     - If mystr has a character that is repeated (count is more than 1 for that character), return True    - Otherwise, return False Hint: You can solve this problem by iterating over the characters in mystr and comparing each character's count with 1. For example: Test Result print(has_repeat("Happy")) True print(has_repeat("sad")) False print(has_repeat("salmons")) True print(has_repeat("Trouts")) False

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Write the code in python to define a function has_repeat(mystr), which takes a string parameter and returns a boolean result. 

   - If mystr has a character that is repeated (count is more than 1 for that character), return True

   - Otherwise, return False

Hint: You can solve this problem by iterating over the characters in mystr and comparing each character's count with 1.

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Test Result
print(has_repeat("Happy")) True
print(has_repeat("sad")) False
print(has_repeat("salmons")) True
print(has_repeat("Trouts")) False

 

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