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Python

Posted by James White
James White
6,159 Points

More elegant way of writing sillycase()?

Here's my code:

 def sillycase(string_theory):
    first_half_length = round(len(string_theory) / 2)
    second_half_length = len(string_theory) - first_half_length

    first_half_string = string_theory[0:first_half_length]

    first_half_string = first_half_string.lower()

    second_half_string = string_theory[first_half_length:]

    second_half_string = second_half_string.upper()

    return first_half_string + second_half_string

print(sillycase("JODYwhite"))

3 Answers

Ryan Merritt
Ryan Merritt
5,789 Points
Ryan Merritt
Ryan Merritt
5,789 Points

Maybe something like...

def sillycase(my_string):
    middle = round(len(my_string)/2)
    two_halves = [my_string[:middle].upper(), my_string[middle:].lower()]
    return ''.join(two_halves)
James White
James White
6,159 Points
James White
James White
6,159 Points

Heh. I didn't even notice I created a variable I wasn't using.

Nathan McElwain
Nathan McElwain
4,575 Points
Nathan McElwain
Nathan McElwain
4,575 Points

What about this?

def sillycase(a):
    x = round(len(a)/2)
    y = a[x:].upper()
    z = a[:x].lower()
    return z+y