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Python Introducing Lists Build an Application Display the List

Posted by Caroline Louw
Caroline Louw
12,155 Points

what if the user types in help or show in lowercase. where do I change the code to accommodate that change?

or is there no need for that? Like in the last video for list in the python track.

2 Answers

Jeff Muday
MOD
Jeff Muday
Treehouse Moderator 28,722 Points
Jeff Muday
Jeff Muday
Treehouse Moderator 28,722 Points

Simple to do-- if you include the string method upper() after new_item like the code snippet below, you can treat lower case or mixed case inputs as if these were typed in as upper case.

Hope this helps!

    if new_item.upper() == 'DONE':
        break
    elif new_item.upper() == 'HELP':
        show_help()
        continue
Christian Beckett
Christian Beckett
11,123 Points
Christian Beckett
Christian Beckett
11,123 Points

what you require is a string upper after new_item 

if new_item.upper() == 'DONE": 
   break 
elif new_item.upper() == 'HELP':
  show_help()
 continue
Sandy Hadley
Sandy Hadley
4,463 Points
Sandy Hadley
Sandy Hadley
4,463 Points

This will also do it:

new_item = input("> ").upper()