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Python

Why am i getting a Try again! error?

Let's practice using @classmethod!

Create a class method in Letter named from_string that takes a string like "dash-dot" and creates an instance with the correct pattern (['_', '.']).

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

    def __iter__(self):
        yield from self.pattern

    def __str__(self):
        output = []
        for blip in self:
            if blip == '.':
                output.append('dot')
            else:
                output.append('dash')
        return '-'.join(output)

    @classmethod
    def from_string(cls,input_str):
        pattern = []
        split_input_str = input_str.split("-")
        for i in split_input_str:
            if i == 'dot':
                return pattern.append(".")
            elif i == 'dash':
                return pattern.append("_")
        return cls(pattern)




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

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

You're very close! But you don't want to "return" when you append to the pattern. Remove those two "return" keywords to allow the loop to continue building up the pattern and then the method can return the new instance when the loop finishes.

Thanks a ton!