Question on Joining of list

SUBHABRATA subhabrata.iisc at hotmail.com
Fri Jul 18 06:06:35 EDT 2008


Thanx Peter,
I would change my variables next time I would post. And obviously,
thanx for your solution. I am reviewing it, I was also trying out some
solutions.
Best Regards,
Subhabrata.

Peter Otten wrote:
> SUBHABRATA wrote:
>
> > I am trying the following code line:
>
> def try2(n):
>     user_line = raw_input("PRINT A STRING:")
>     user_words = user_line.split()
>     my_line = "God Godess Heaven Sky"
>     for word in user_words:
>         pos = my_line.find(word)
>         if pos >- 1:
>             first_char = my_line[pos]
>             print first_char
>         elif pos < 0:
>             missing_word = word
>             print "It is not found"
>             print missing_word
>         else:
>             print "Error"
>     s = first_char + " " + missing_word
>     print s
>
> try2(1)
>
> Do you recognise your code? With that jumpstart you should find the error in
> no time ;)
>
> > Here, if I put a string like:
> > Petrol Helium Heaven Sky
> > In s it is giving me S Helium
> > But I am looking for an output of  a5 and a6 concatenating all its
> > values not the last ones. Can you suggest me any help? Am I missing
> > any minor point?
>
> Yes, use meaningful variables. They won't make your code magically correct
> but will make it a lot easier to pinpoint mistakes and false assumptions --
> for you and others.
>
> Peter



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