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print("This Program converts to Pig Latin, then prints both the original word and the Pig Latin version to the console. The program continues reading words until the user enters 'stop'.") | |
def pigLatin(ll): | |
flag = 0 | |
if(ll[0] == "a" or ll[0] == "e" or ll[0] == "i" or ll[0] == "o" or ll[0]== "u" or ll[0] == "y"): | |
flag = 1 | |
elif(ll[0] == "A" or ll[0] == "E" or ll[0] == "I" or ll[0] == "O" or ll[0]== "U" or ll[0] == "Y"): | |
flag = 1 | |
if(flag == 1): | |
s = ll[1:] + ll[0] | |
s = s + "ay" | |
# All you need to do here is to write an else block with what happens if the flag is not set. | |
# The issue is that if the start of the word does not start with a vowel, s is not defined. | |
# Example s("hi") -> Error | |
# Example s("i") -> iay | |
# So add something like: | |
# else: s = ll + 'yay' | |
return(s) | |
s = "" | |
while(s!= "stop"): | |
s = input("Enter a word to convert to pig Latin enter stop to end: ") | |
if(s != "stop"): | |
p = pigLatin(s) | |
print(s +" is pig latin is: " + p) |
Make sure you handle the case in which ll = the_word = ''
word = " "
while(s!= "stop"):
s = input("Enter a word to convert to pig Latin enter stop to end: ")
if(s != "stop"):
startsWithVowel = word[0].lower() in {'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u', 'y'}
if(startsWithVowel):
s = word[1:] + word[0] + 'ay'
else:
s = word + 'yay'
print(s, " is pig latin is: " )
word = ""
while(word != "stop"):
word = input("Enter a word to convert to pig Latin enter stop to end: ")
if(word != "stop"):
startsWithVowel = word[0].lower() in {'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u', 'y'}
if(startsWithVowel): pigWord = word + 'yay'
else: pigWord = word[1:] + word[0] + 'ay'
print(word, " is pig latin is: ", pigWord)
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As I was saying, a cleaner option might be to do something like this: