On Friday, October 24, 2014 12:12:10 PM UTC-7, Seymore4Head wrote: > On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:57:12 -0700 (PDT), sohcahto...@gmail.com wrote: > > >On Friday, October 24, 2014 11:17:53 AM UTC-7, Seymore4Head wrote: > >> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:52:15 -0600, Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >> >On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Seymore4Head > >> ><Seymore4Head@hotmail.invalid> wrote: > >> >> Actually I was a little frustrated when I added that line back in as > >> >> the other lines all work. > >> >> Using list(range(10)) Doesn't throw an error but it doesn't work. > >> >> > >> >> http://i.imgur.com/DTc5zoL.jpg > >> >> > >> >> The interpreter. I don't know how to use that either. > >> > > >> >Try both of these in the interpreter, and observe the difference: > >> > > >> >7 in range(10) > >> > > >> >"7" in range(10) > >> > > >> >Do you understand what the difference between 7 and "7" is? > >> > >> I do understand that. 7 is a number and "7" is a string. > >> What my question was...and still is...is why > >> Python 3 fails when I try using > >> y=1 800 get charter > >> > >> y in range str(range(10)) > >> should work because y is a string and str(range(10)) should be > >> "y" in str(1) fails. > >> It doesn't give an error it's just not True when y is a number. > >> > >> These hints are just not working. I am too thick for hints. :) > >> If you could use it in the code, I might understand. > >> The other work arounds that were posted work. > >> I have used them. str(range(10)) doesn't work. > >> > >> import string > >> def nametonumber(name): > >> lst=[] > >> nx=[] > >> digit=[] > >> digit="".join(str(i) for i in range(10)) > >> for x in name: > >> lst.append(x) > >> for y in (lst): > >> if y in list(range(1,10)): > >> #if y in "1234567890": > >> #if y.isdigit(): > >> #if y in digit: > >> #if y in string.digits: > >> nx.append(y) > >> if y in " -()": > >> nx.append(y) > >> if y in "abc": > >> nx.append("2") > >> if y in "def": > >> nx.append("3") > >> if y in "ghi": > >> nx.append("4") > >> if y in "jkl": > >> nx.append("5") > >> if y in "mno": > >> nx.append("6") > >> if y in "pqrs": > >> nx.append("7") > >> if y in "tuv": > >> nx.append("8") > >> if y in "wxyz": > >> nx.append("9") > >> number="".join(e for e in nx) > >> return number > >> a="1-800-getcharter" > >> print (nametonumber(a))#1800 438 2427 837 > >> a="1-800-leo laporte" > >> print (nametonumber(a)) > >> a="1 800 dialaho" > >> print (nametonumber(a)) > >> > >> Please > > > >Your code here is actually pretty close to a correct answer. Just a few > >things to consider... > > > >- Why are you converting your name string to a list? It is unnecessary. > >When you do "for y in <some string>", then y will still be single characters > >on each iteration of the loop. > > > >- "if y in string.digits" should work fine. > > > >- "if y in list(range(1,10)" won't work for two reasons: First, it creates a > >list of numbers, not strings. Second, even if it did, it would be missing > >the "0" digit. > > > >- At the end, when you convert your list to a string, you don't need to use > >list comprehension, since nx is already a list. number = "".join(nx) should > >work fine. > > > >Also, in general, you need to stop and slow down and think like a > >programmer. If you get an error, your instinct shouldn't be to just hack at > >it to make the error go away. Look at the error and try to make sense of > >it. Learn what the error means and try to fix the core problem. > > > >And for @#$%'s sake...stop saying "It isn't working" and not elaborating. > >You've been told by every other post in this thread to show us what you did > >and what the error was. You've also been told to *NOT* retype what you see > >and to copy/paste your code and the error because when you make a typo when > >copying, we might see a problem that doesn't exist and then you just get > >more confused. > > Ok I think I may have the question you guys are looking for. > I just posted it. > See above. > > But it's still broke. :(
str(range(10)) doesn't do what you think it does. Run 'print(str(range(10)))' and look at what you get. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
