On 20 Aug 2013 09:42, <eschneide...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to replace the blank(_) with the letter typed in by the user,
in the appropriate blank(_) spot where the letter should be (where is in
the letters list).
>
> letters='abcdefg'
> blanks='_ '*len(letters)
> print('type letter from a to g')
> print(blanks)
> input1=input()
> for i in range(len(letters)):
> if letters[i] in input1:
> blanks = blanks[:i] + letters[i] + blanks[i+1:]
>
>
> What am I doing wrong in this code?
>
> Thanks
> Eric
First, don't use range(len(iterable)). It's bad practise, and you will have
to use iterable[i] all the time. Try
for i, letter in enumerate(letters):
If you are modifying a string in-place, you could change it into a list,
then back.
blankslst = list(blanks)
...
blankslst[i] = letters[i] # or 'letter' if you used enumerate()
...
blanks = ''.join(blankslst)
Now, why are you not printing the `blanks` string again?
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