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zoltans
2,547 Pointssillycase task got me mad.
when I run this in Workspaces it returns the right result. but not on the actual task page.
def sillycase(string):
half = int(len(string) // 2)
print(string.lower()[0:half] + string.upper()[half:])
sillycase("apple")
I need some help please!
def sillycase(string):
half = len(string) // 2
print(string.lower()[0:half] + string.upper()[half:])
1 Answer

Steven Parker
216,136 PointsYou're really close, but the instructions said "sillycase
should return the ... string", and while this code computes it properly, it doesn't return anything.
For the challenge, you won't need to "print" anything, but you do need to return the result.
zoltans
2,547 Pointszoltans
2,547 PointsOh, what a relief! :) Thanks a lot Steven!