How do I make a slice upper or lower case

Question

Once again in the Python course the previous video doesn't prepare us on how to handle the upcoming challenge. If the question is going to involve syntax please advise how the syntax will work:

# 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(string):
  first = sillycase[:5].lower()
  second = sillycase[5:].upper()
  both = first + second
  return both

[fixed formatting -cf]

Answer 1 · 2015-09-19T05:16:32Z

September 19, 2015 5:16am

Hey Greg, The issue, in this case, is not with the use of the .upper() and .lower(). Your code is assuming a fixed length of variable string and is splitting based on "5" being the midpoint. When the code is submitted for the challenge, multiple test words are used of varying length to check if the function provides a general solution.

The key clue is: "The first half of the string, rounded with round(), should be lowercased.". So instead of using "5", get the length of string, divide by 2, and round() the result:

midpoint = round(len(string)/2)

Using the new midpoint value should give you the results you need. Good Luck!

Answer 2 · 2015-09-18T23:09:53Z

September 18, 2015 11:09pm

Hola,

So the trick to these python courses is that after you muddle through the challenge. Within in the the first 1 or 2 minutes of the NEXT video. It shows you exactly how to do what you are trying to do. At least this is what I noticed. But for beginners it's important to make sure the order is proper. haha proper lol

So to make something lower or upper is as simple as this.

>>> lowerCase = "LOWER"
>>> UpperCase = "upper"
>>> print(lowerCase)
LOWER
>>> print(UpperCase)
upper
>>> mkLower =  lowerCase.lower()
>>> mklower
'lower'
>>> upper = UpperCase.upper()
>>> upper
'UPPER'

So if that is confusing... In short, just use two methods.

upper()
lower()

using these two methods are the end of a variable will do what you want. For example

x = "treehouse"
x.upper()
TREEHOUSE

y = "TREEHOUSE"
y.lower()
treehouse

Does this make sense. Please let me know if it does or doesn't or if I missed the mark lol.

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