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ryan smith
687 PointsWhy do we lowercase play_again @ 7:55?
At 7:55.
play_again
is lowercased to
play_again.lower()
I tested it out without lower() and it seemed fine? Whats the use of this?
2 Answers
Greg Kaleka
39,021 PointsHi Ryan,
This is just to make the input case insensitive. The user can enter n or N and the app will quit correctly. If you don't have lower(), then it makes the user input case sensitive.
Hope that makes sense!
Cheers
-Greg
Ari Misha
19,323 PointsHiya again! Can you paste the whole code here please? So that other people can inspect it. (:
ryan smith
687 PointsI suggest to just check out the code @ 7:55.. It's quite hassle for me to write the whole code all over again... is that okay?
ryan smith
687 Pointsryan smith
687 PointsGreg Kaleka Wouldn't lower() make it case sensitive due to only lowercase answers being allowed?
Greg Kaleka
39,021 PointsGreg Kaleka
39,021 PointsIt's the opposite. You're checking if the answer was 'n'. If you don't lowercase the input then 'N' won't match. 'N' == 'n' is False. If you do lowercase the input, then both 'n' and 'N' will be accepted answers. 'N' turns into 'n' and 'n' stays as it is. Then you check 'n' == 'n' in both cases which is True. Make sense?