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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Slices sillyCase

Posted by Kate Dougherty
Kate Dougherty
8,334 Points

Sillycase challenge

So I saw the related solution at https://teamtreehouse.com/community/is-there-a-different-approach-to-solving-this-challenge and realized I did this in a very roundabout way, but I do get the correct result when I run it in the Python shell in my Terminal (I tried a couple different strings). Is there a reason why this Treehouse isn't accepting this? Thanks.

sillycase.py 
def sillycase(input):
    length = len(input)
    numbers = range(0, length)
    index_length = int(len(numbers)) - 1
    print index_length

    first_half = input[0:index_length // 2].lower()
    second_half = input[index_length // 2:].upper()
    print first_half + second_half

sillycase("Treehouse")
Kate Dougherty
Kate Dougherty
8,334 Points

This isn't working for Treehouse either (but it is in Terminal):

def sillycase(input): half = len(input) // 2

first_half = input[:half].lower()
second_half = input[half:].upper()

sillycase("Treehouse")

josephr
josephr
18,877 Points
josephr
josephr
18,877 Points

Assuming you are getting the correct output elsewhere, I assume the problem is that your function prints instead of returns.

1 Answer

Kate Dougherty
Kate Dougherty
8,334 Points
Kate Dougherty
Kate Dougherty
8,334 Points

That was it, Joseph R. Thank you!