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Python

Sam Gutierrez
Sam Gutierrez
6,791 Points
Posted by Sam Gutierrez
Sam Gutierrez
6,791 Points

my __str__ method should output "dot-dot-dot" but errors says, wrong string, got "dot-dot-dot".

Error: Bummer: Didn't get the right string output. Got: dot-dot-dot for S() What else do I need to fix? This is not the first coding challenging where correct output was counted wrong.

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

    def __str__(self):
        morse_code = []
        for blip in self.pattern:
            if blip == ".":
                morse_code.append('dot')
            elif blip == "_":
                morse_code.append('dash')
        morse_code = "-".join(morse_code)
        return morse_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

I found two typos that I think are causing your problem.

First one is in the elif statement, you're using an "-" instead of "_".

Second one is a misspelling of "morse", you had "morese".

elif letter == "-":
                morese_code.append("dash")

Once you change them it passes no problem! Good work

def __str__(self):
        morse_code = []
        for letter in self.pattern:
            if letter == ".":
                morse_code.append("dot")
            elif letter == "_":
                morse_code.append("dash")
        morse_code = "-".join(morse_code)
        return morse_code
Sam Gutierrez
Sam Gutierrez
6,791 Points
Sam Gutierrez
Sam Gutierrez
6,791 Points

Thanks. I might have been staring at the screen too long. I caught the typo early on but must have overlooked the check for "_" instead of "-". I know my very first attempt though I didn't even use an elif. I just used else and it didn't work (could have been the typo...probably staring at this screen too long lol)