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Python Python Collections (Retired) Slices sillyCase

oliverchou
oliverchou
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Posted by oliverchou
oliverchou
20,886 Points

Can't get it right~

What's wrong with my code, and is the round() method necessary in this challenge? If so, how to use it?

silly.py 
# The first half of the string, rounded with round(), should be lowercased.
# The second half should be uppercased.
# E.g. "Treehouse" should come back as "treeHOUSE"

def sillycase(s):
    middle = len(s)/2 + 1
    return s[:middle].lower() + s[middle:].upper()
Cheo R
Cheo R
37,150 Points
Cheo R
Cheo R
37,150 Points

I redid it using round() and I got the output you are expected to have.

 s = 'Treehouse'
 middle = round(len(s)/2)
s[:middle].lower() + s[middle:].upper()
'treeHOUSE'

1 Answer

Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,322 Points
Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,322 Points

This should do it:

def sillycase(string):
  midpoint = round(len(string)/2)
  return string[:midpoint].lower() + string[midpoint:].upper()

NOTE There was a lot of posts asking this question in the forum and took me like 2 secs to find the answer - the way of searching in the forum could save you some time and maybe some frustations :-)

oliverchou
oliverchou
20,886 Points
oliverchou
oliverchou
20,886 Points

Thank you ~ I'll try it next time! :)