On 25Dec2015 15:05, princeud...@gmail.com <princeud...@gmail.com> wrote:
i have gotten the answer of that problem
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On 25Dec2015 15:08, princeud...@gmail.com <princeud...@gmail.com> wrote:
Create a function manipulate_data that does the following
Accepts as the first parameter a string specifying the data structure to be used "list",
"set" or "dictionary"
Accepts as the second parameter the data to be manipulated based on the data
structure specified e.g [1, 4, 9, 16, 25] for a list data structure
Based off the first parameter
return the reverse of a list or
add items `"ANDELA"`, `"TIA"` and `"AFRICA"` to the set and return the
resulting set
return the keys of a dictionary.
#my solution is:
def manipulate_data(dic,dict_data = {'name':'prince','age':21,'sex':'male'}):
return dict_data.keys()
def manipulate_data( alist, list_data = [2,8,16,23,14]):
return list_data.reverse()
def manipulate_data(aset, set_data = {"bee","cee","dee"}):
set_data = {"bee","cee","dee"}
set_data.update("ANDELA","TIA","AFRICA")
return dictionary_data
#please what is wrong with my code
The most obvious thing that is wrong it that you have 3 functions here with the
same name. In Python that means: define the first function and bind it to the
name "manipulate_data". Then define the second and bind it to the same name as
the first, discarding the first function. The define the third and bind it to
the same name again, discarding the second function.
Your task is asking for a _single_ function which behaves differently according
to a parameter which tells it what kind of data is has been given, so you want
a function which starts like this:
def manipulate_data(kind, data):
and you are supposed to pass in the string "list", "set" or dictionary for the
first parameter, and some corresponding list, set or dictionary as the second
parameter. There should _not_ be default values for either of these.
Instead, your function should examine the "kind" parameter and decide what to
do. So it would reasonably look like this (untested):
def manipulate_data(kind, data):
if kind == 'list':
... do stuff with data using it as a list ...
elif kind == 'set':
... do stuff with data using it as a set ...
if kind == 'dictionary':
... do stuff with data using it as a dictionary ...
else:
raise ValueError("invalid kind %r, expected 'list', 'set' or 'dictionary'"
% (kind,))
Try starting with that and see how you go.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au>
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