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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Slices sillyCase

frank sebring
frank sebring
1,037 Points
Posted by frank sebring
frank sebring
1,037 Points

The code generates the correct answer but it will not accept my answer as correct. Can someone please tell me why.

I need you to create a new function for me. This one will be named sillycase and it'll take a single string as an argument. sillycase should return the same string but the first half should be lowercased and the second half should be uppercased. For example, with the string "Treehouse", sillycase would return "treeHOUSE".

sillycase.py 
def sillycase():
    user_word = input("Type a word in: ")
    user_word2 = user_word.lower()
    user_word3 = list(user_word2)
    size = len(user_word3)
    x = size // 2
    user_word4 = user_word3[x:]
    user_word5 = user_word3[0:x]
    user_word6 = "".join(user_word5) + "".join(user_word4).upper

4 Answers

frank sebring
frank sebring
1,037 Points
frank sebring
frank sebring
1,037 Points

Thanks man. I had not paid much attention to return vs print until now. Didn't really understand what the differences were.

frank sebring
frank sebring
1,037 Points
frank sebring
frank sebring
1,037 Points

I added the () to the upper and one more line of code.
print(user_word6)

This still shows up as incorrect. If I run it on my computer the program will generate the correct answer.

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points
Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Also, the challenge never asked for user input. You should be taking in a parameter.