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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Slices sillyCase

arielp
arielp
3,516 Points
Posted by arielp
arielp
3,516 Points

def sillycase

Here I am stuck again unable to pass the challenge.

wrd = ["treehouse"]


def sillycase(word):
    for word in word:
        print word[:4] + word[-5:].upper()
        return


sillycase(wrd)

thanks in advance!

2 Answers

mhjp
mhjp
20,372 Points

No need to loop here, you can accomplish this with string slicing.

def sillycase(s):
    return s[:len(s)//2].lower() + s[len(s)//2:].upper()
arielp
arielp
3,516 Points
arielp
arielp
3,516 Points

I see, thanks.

Oleksandr Krasnovskyy
Oleksandr Krasnovskyy
3,312 Points

why is it "//"?

mhjp
mhjp
20,372 Points

// is the floor division operator. It returns the integral part of the quotient.

>>> 5 / 2.3
2.173913043478261
>>> 5 // 2.3
2.0
Oleksandr Krasnovskyy
Oleksandr Krasnovskyy
3,312 Points
Oleksandr Krasnovskyy
Oleksandr Krasnovskyy
3,312 Points

got you, makes sense. Appreciate it