On 6/25/2012 3:12 PM Mike Nickey said...
The problem with this code is that it only gets the first word beginning with x and the others remaisn on the original list, sorted at the end. I've tested on terminal many parts of the code and it whas fine, but when I run it complete, it does not work.Following is the solution of the problem. I can understand it, I just can't understand why my code does not work. ############################# def front_x(words): x_list = [] other_list = [] for w in words: if w.startswith('x'): x_list.append(w) else: other_list.append(w) return sorted(x_list) + sorted(other_list) ##############################I did the same exercise so maybe I can assist here. From what I see, the line... if w.startswith('x'): seems to be ineffective.
Why do you think so?
Try using the operator that checks for equality such as if w[0] == 'x':
This does the same thing and works even when w is an empty string. Emile _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
