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Python

Josh Bennett
Josh Bennett
15,258 Points
Posted by Josh Bennett
Josh Bennett
15,258 Points

.lower() method is causing the function to skip to else:

Here is my code 

def lumberjack(name):
    if name.lower() == 'Josh':
        print("Josh is a lumberjack and he's ok!")
    else:
        print("{} sleeps all night and {} works all day!".format(name, name))

lumberjack("Josh")

When I remove the .lower() method, it works perfectly. I have tried .upper() as well and had the same issue. It is causing it to skip down and print the else: statement (correctly, I might add, .format() is all good)

1 Answer

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points

Hey Josh,

It will jump to the else clause, because you are comparing it to "Josh", which has an upper-case "J", so it will never pass toLowerCase(), as this will check for an all lower-cased version of "josh". You need to change "Josh" to "josh" in the conditional logic and it should work fine.

Keep coding! :) :dizzy: