#!/usr/bin/python2.4 -tt # Copyright 2010 Google Inc. # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 # Google's Python Class # http://code.google.com/edu/languages/google-python-class/ # Additional basic string exercises # D. verbing # Given a string, if its length is at least 3, # add 'ing' to its end. # Unless it already ends in 'ing', in which case # add 'ly' instead. # If the string length is less than 3, leave it unchanged. # Return the resulting string. def verbing(s): # +++your code here+++ return # E. not_bad # Given a string, find the first appearance of the # substring 'not' and 'bad'. If the 'bad' follows # the 'not', replace the whole 'not'...'bad' substring # with 'good'. # Return the resulting string. # So 'This dinner is not that bad!' yields: # This dinner is good! def not_bad(s): # +++your code here+++ return # F. front_back # Consider dividing a string into two halves. # If the length is even, the front and back halves are the same length. # If the length is odd, we'll say that the extra char goes in the front half. # e.g. 'abcde', the front half is 'abc', the back half 'de'. # Given 2 strings, a and b, return a string of the form # a-front + b-front + a-back + b-back def front_back(a, b): # +++your code here+++ return # Simple provided test() function used in main() to print # what each function returns vs. what it's supposed to return. def test(got, expected): if got == expected: prefix = ' OK ' else: prefix = ' X ' print '%s got: %s expected: %s' % (prefix, repr(got), repr(expected)) # main() calls the above functions with interesting inputs, # using the above test() to check if the result is correct or not. def main(): print 'verbing' test(verbing('hail'), 'hailing') test(verbing('swiming'), 'swimingly') test(verbing('do'), 'do') print print 'not_bad' test(not_bad('This movie is not so bad'), 'This movie is good') test(not_bad('This dinner is not that bad!'), 'This dinner is good!') test(not_bad('This tea is not hot'), 'This tea is not hot') test(not_bad("It's bad yet not"), "It's bad yet not") print print 'front_back' test(front_back('abcd', 'xy'), 'abxcdy') test(front_back('abcde', 'xyz'), 'abcxydez') test(front_back('Kitten', 'Donut'), 'KitDontenut') if __name__ == '__main__': main()