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Srikanth Srinivas
1,465 PointsWhy isn't this script passing?
I accomplished what the prompt suggested i should. However, it will not let me pass the challenge, but results in a communication error.
# 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(strin):
liste =[strin]
lower = str(strin[:int(len(strin)/2)])
upper = str(strin[int(len(strin)/2)::1])
return lower.lower() + upper.upper()
2 Answers
Marco Marco
Courses Plus Student 12,207 Pointsif its a communication error contact support
Andreas cormack
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,011 PointsHi Srikanth
Even though your code returns the correct output, line 1 -> you are not actually converting the string into a proper list rather creating a string "Treehouse" at index 0.. your way of doing it returns ["Treehouse"] for liste but it should actually return ['T', 'r', 'e', 'e', 'h', 'o', 'u', 's', 'e'] when you convert to a list properly.
I did it this way and passed the challenge.
# 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(mystring):
mylist = list(mystring)
firsthalf = mylist[0:round(len(mylist)/2)]
secondhalf = mylist[round(len(mylist)/2): len(mylist)]
return "".join(firsthalf).lower()+"".join(secondhalf).upper()