Alan Gauld wrote: > "Rob Stevenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > >> I'm working at a certain website's puzzles using >> python in order to learn the language, > > OK, Then I'll add some other comments > >> the intention of this snippet is to only print slices where >> character 1 is >> lower case, 2-4 and 6-8 are upper. The logic here looks right to a >> VB eye. > > s="""kKjyaqbooOlNkAddgAazFlgKLjlXDGtlv.... >> etc... > >> h = range(len(s)-9) >> for i in h: > > more conventionally in python to just say > > for i in range(len(s)-9) > >> j=s[i:i+8] >> if j[0].islower(): >> if j[1:3].isupper(): >> if j[5:7].isupper(): > > And this would reflect the problem statement better if > you used boolean logic > > if j[0].islower() and j[1:4].isupper() and j[5:8].isupper(): > print j > > You could also do this using regular expressions if > you want an alternative approach. > > HTH, >
Maybe you are trying to pass python challenge #3? Better use re module as Alan suggested, and remember, it's EXACTLY three on each side. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
