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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Tuples Stringcases

Nikki Wong
Nikki Wong
9,066 Points
Posted by Nikki Wong
Nikki Wong
9,066 Points

I feel like i'm getting more stupid. there really should be a preview option because I can't see where I'm going wrong?

I'm returning the tuple requested yet it says i'm returning the wrong thing?

stringcases.py 
def stringcases(string):

    stringCopy = string[:]
    stringCopy.split()
    for word in stringCopy:
        word[0].upper()
    " ".join(stringCopy)

    stringR = string[:]
    stringR = [-1::-1]

    stringupper = string[:].upper()
    stringlower = string[:].lower()

    return (stringupper, stringlower, stringCopy, stringR)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

The instructions say you should return 4 formats: All uppercase, All lowercase, Titlecased, and Reversed.

It looks like you have the first 2, but for the third the code seems to be trying to do something with words instead of characters. Why not take advantage of the challenge's hint: "There are str methods for all but the last one."?

Then for the last, you have slice parameters set up but the slice is not applied to anything:

    stringR = [-1::-1]

there should be something between the "=" and the "[".

Nikki Wong
Nikki Wong
9,066 Points
Nikki Wong
Nikki Wong
9,066 Points

thanks again!