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Python Python Collections (Retired) Slices sillyCase

Posted by Wes Chumley
Wes Chumley
6,385 Points

help with sillycase task

I've tried so many ways of structuring this and can't pass it. seems like it should work from the study I've done with the interpretor.

silly.py 
# 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(word):
  word = "Treehouse"
  half = round(len(word) /2)
  new_word = word.lower[:half] + word.upper[half:]
MUZ140889 Dephine Chenayi Chihota
MUZ140889 Dephine Chenayi Chihota
6,766 Points

you are not very far. why don't you remove the second line from your code, its not necessary. secondly the .lower and .upper functions should come after the slice. then return the word this one worked for me def sillycase(word) half = round(len(word)/2) return word[:half].lower() + word[half:].upper()

Wes Chumley
Wes Chumley
6,385 Points

Thanks Dephine! I was so close and it was working in the interpreter but I guess I just wasn't understanding the instructions fully.

1 Answer

MUZ140889 Dephine Chenayi Chihota
MUZ140889 Dephine Chenayi Chihota
6,766 Points

you are not very far. why don't you remove the second line from your code, its not necessary. secondly the .lower and .upper functions should come after the slice, don't forget the parathesis. then return the word, this one worked for me def sillycase(word): half = round(len(word)/2) return word[:half].lower() + word[half:].upper()