I knew it was an assignment I just couldn't see it no matter how hard I looked at the code. Thanks for the tips on printing the variables, I was printing them right after the if statements not at the beginning and ending of the loop. I will remember that about True/False and comparisons thanks for that as well.
The reason I haven't used regex/methods/etc is it hasn't been covered yet, we have only covered basic types, for, while and if statements. On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 1:54 AM, Alan Gauld via Tutor <tutor@python.org> wrote: > On 06/09/17 06:34, Pat Martin wrote: > > > but my script returns 0. Since they want it to find 2 from the bobob in > the > > string using "bob in s" doesn't work (it only returns 1). > > Your code has bugs and Cameron has addressed those along > with general advice on how to debug your code in future. > However there are other string methods that could save > you some work. > > At the >>> prompt use dir(str) to see a list of all > the methods available. Then use help(str.methodName) > to find out what each one does. > (Or just browse the string documentation on the web site!) > > In this case you might find some of the following methods useful: > > str.count > str.find > str.index > str.startswith > > and of course you can use string slicing to access a > substring. Combining slicing with the parameters of > find or index should make your task easier. > > Finally, if you want to carry on with your loop approach > you might find that enumerate is useful here since it > gives you the index as well as the character. That > will allow you to look-ahead to see if the next two > characters are 'ob'... That should simplify things. > > -- > Alan G > Author of the Learn to Program web site > http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ > http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld > Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
