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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Slices sillyCase

John Berglund
John Berglund
1,442 Points

Why isn't this sillycase function working?

If I try this with the string 'treehouse' it returns treeHOUSE as described in the instructions. Yet it gives me "Bummer: Try again!". Thanks in advance!

sillycase.py
def sillycase(string):
    half = len(string) // 2
    first = string[:half]
    second = string[half:]
    third = first.lower() + second.upper()
    return third

2 Answers

Shawn Denham
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Shawn Denham
Python Development Techdegree Student 17,802 Points

it's working for me. How are you calling the function?

This is what I did:

def sillycase(string):
    half = len(string) // 2
    first = string[:half]
    second = string[half:]
    third = first.lower() + second.upper()
    return third

print(sillycase("today is the day"))

This is what I get back

treehouse:~/workspace$ python testing.py
today is THE DAY

John Berglund
John Berglund
1,442 Points

It seemed to me earlier as it was enough without the last line. I guess I'm lacking a lot of the basics still. Thank you for the quick response!