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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Slices sillyCase

seong lee
seong lee
4,503 Points
Posted by seong lee
seong lee
4,503 Points

can someone tell me what i am doing wrong. Thank you in advance

I do not understand what I am doing wrong can someone please tell me

sillycase.py 
def sillycase(argu):
    uther = int(argu[0:2]).lower
    arthur = int(argu[2:]).upper
    ret = (uther, arthur)
    return ret

1 Answer

Kevin Brennan
Kevin Brennan
19,920 Points
Kevin Brennan
Kevin Brennan
19,920 Points 
def sillycase(astring):
    half = len(astring)//2
    return astring[:half].lower() + astring[half:].upper()

Hi Seong,

The challenge asked for the first half a string to be returned in lowercase and the second half in uppercase. To do this you need to use the len() function and divide the answer by two using integer division. You then just use that figure in your slices. Hope that helps.

seong lee
seong lee
4,503 Points
seong lee
seong lee
4,503 Points

Wow, I was way off from what I needed to do. Thank you. I will always remember this at all times.