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Python

Posted by Ethan Pyles
Ethan Pyles
2,710 Points

Bummer: Try again! I ran this code in the workspace and got a SyntaxError

I got the error pointing at the beginning of code.append(item) = 'dash' of the elif

morse.py 
class Letter:
    code = []
    def __init__(self, pattern=None):
        self.pattern = pattern

    def __str__(self):
        for item in self:

            if item == '.':
                code.append(item) = 'dot'

            elif item == '_':
                code.append(item) = 'dash'

        return ('-'.join(code))

class S(Letter):
    def __init__(self):
        pattern = ['.', '.', '.']
        super().__init__(pattern)

1 Answer

Scott Bailey
Scott Bailey
13,190 Points
Scott Bailey
Scott Bailey
13,190 Points 
def __str__(self):
        morse_code = []

        for item in self.pattern:
            if item == ".":
                morse_code.append("dot")
            elif item == "_":
                morse_code.append("dash")
            else:
                pass

        return "-".join(morse_code)

You need to loop through the instance of the pattern not 'self'.

for item in self.pattern:

Other than that everything else looks good!

I hope this helps you out!

(An issue I have with the challenges is that when you edit code and resubmit it will still tell you it's wrong. If you have this issue delete everything refresh the page and paste it back in!)