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Python

Andrew Wilcox
Andrew Wilcox
4,374 Points
Posted by Andrew Wilcox
Andrew Wilcox
4,374 Points

I think my code is fine, but I get this: Bummer! Didn't get the right string output. Got: dot-dot-dot for `S()

I am revisiting this lesson and I think my code is fine, but I get this message: Bummer! Didn't get the right string output. Got: dot-dot-dot for `S()

I appreciate the help!

Thanks!

AW

morse.py 
class Letter:
    def __init__(self, pattern=None):
        self.pattern = pattern

    def __str__(self):
        output = []
        for item in self.pattern:
            if item == '.':
                output.append('dot')
            elif item == '-':
                output.append('dash')    
        return '-'.join(output)

class S(Letter):
    def __init__(self):
        pattern = ['.', '.', '.']
        super().__init__(pattern)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,007 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,007 Points

The error message doesn't make sense, "dot-dot-dot" would be correct for "s".

However, there's a problem when doing other patterns, since the instructions say to return "dash" for every "_" (underscore), but the program is looking for hyphens ("-").