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Python

Garrett Stubblefield
Garrett Stubblefield
6,674 Points
Posted by Garrett Stubblefield
Garrett Stubblefield
6,674 Points

This question is very confusing and I don't understand what is supposed to be returned or where

I do not understand the question

morse.py 
class Letter:
    def __init__(self, pattern=None):
        self.pattern = pattern

    def __str__(self, pattern):
        s = "-"
        for pat in pattern:
            if pat == '.':
                return "dot"
            if pat == '_':
                return "dash"
            return(s)

class S(Letter):
    def __init__(self):
        pattern = ['.', '.', '.']
        super().__init__(pattern)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

The patterns are stored with single-character symbols (periods and underscores). The challenge asks you to create a new method that will translate that pattern into a string made up of the words "dot" and "dash" separated by hyphens.

It looks like you already have the right idea, but there's a bit of code needed yet and a few issues to fix. For one thing, you won't want to return until the loop is finished converting every element.