String Manipulation

Introduction Over the past few weeks, I’ve been diving into the first 7 chapters of Crash Course Python, and it’s been a fun, sometimes head-scratching, but always rewarding ride. To make the concepts stick, I built small projects using lists, dictionaries, conditionals, loops, and string manipulation. Here’s a breakdown of what I created and learned — and how I plan to build on this foundation. Hello Toolbox: Strings and User Input Here’s a snippet from my “Hello Toolbox” script, where I play around with user input and string formatting: ...

Introduction Today, I decided to apply my Python knowledge to tackle the first project in Impractical Python Projects: building a Pig Latin translator. This challenge was a fun way to practice string manipulation, loops, and conditional logic. Below, I’ve shared my solution and compared it to the book’s solution, reflecting on the differences and lessons learned. My Solution Here’s the code I wrote for the Pig Latin translator: vowels = ["a", "e", "i", "o", "u"] while True: word = input( "Please type a word to translate to pig latin (or type 'q' to exit): \n" ).lower() if word == "q": print("Goodbye") break char_list = list(word) if char_list[0] in vowels: print(f"{word}yay") else: f_letter = char_list.pop(0) char_list.append(f_letter) print(f"{''.join(char_list)}ay") How It Works: ...