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Python

pat t
pat t
5,175 Points
Posted by pat t
pat t
5,175 Points

morse.py help

My output is what it says it should be but still coming up wrong. Any idea why

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

    def __str__(self):
        self.result = []
        for char in self.pattern:
            if char == '.':
                self.result.append('dot')
            elif char == '-':
                self.result.append('dash')
        string = '-'.join(self.result)
        return string


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

2 Answers

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

The challenge (counterintuitively) uses _ to represent dash, not -. So your code needs to reflect that like this:

class Letter:
    def __init__(self, pattern=None):
        self.pattern = pattern

    def __str__(self):
        self.result = []
        for char in self.pattern:
            if char == '.':
                self.result.append('dot')
            elif char == '_': # Changed - to _
                self.result.append('dash')
        string = '-'.join(self.result)
        return string


class S(Letter):
    def __init__(self):
        pattern = ['.', '.', '.']
        super().__init__(pattern)
pat t
pat t
5,175 Points
pat t
pat t
5,175 Points

thank you much that is odd