the python way?

[Reinhold Birkenfeld]

Andrew Dalke wrote:
> Reinhold Birkenfeld wrote:
>> To make it short, my version is:
>> 
>> import random
>> def reinterpolate2(word, vocals='aeiouy'):
>>     wlist = list(word)
>>     random.shuffle(wlist)
>>     vees = [c for c in wlist[::-1] if c in vocals]
>>     cons = [c for c in wlist[::-1] if c not in vocals]
> 
> Why the [::-1]?  If it's randomly shuffled the order isn't important.

I wanted to keep compatibility with Groops' version so that I could test
that my one works right. Since he did list.pop() it was necessary.

>>     short, long = sorted((cons, vees), key=len)
>>     return ''.join(long[i] + short[i] for i in range(len(short))) + ''.join(long[len(short):])
> 
> All the cool kids are using 2.4 these days.  :)

Yep, it's the best way to advertise for its cool features ;)


Reinhold