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Avenius
Avenius

Reputation: 21

Need help on solving an issue with some code for my class

I need to create a program for my python instructor that processes a name and outputs it in the format "Last, First". The 2 different ways the user can input their name are, "first last"(no comma), or "last, first".

I've used my Python book but it does not help much when it comes to what the instructor wants from us to create.

 space = name.index(' ')
 first = name[0:1].upper()+name[1:space]

 comma = name.index(',')
 last = name[0:1].upper()+name[1:comma]

 print(last + ', ' + first)

The correct result of this program should be "Last, First" as I stated already above. I keep getting the first name entered and the output is "name, name," (name is whatever is being inputted into the input statement) example.) user input --> 'joe bob' output --> 'Joe, Joe,'

Upvotes: 2

Views: 88

Answers (4)

Jahanzeb Nawaz
Jahanzeb Nawaz

Reputation: 1228

So the simplest way is to user rstrip and split function getting the value in list and print it from index number

name = list(map(str, input().rstrip().split()))

print(name[1], name[0])
print(name[1] + ', '+ name[0])

Input

Firstname Lastname

OutPut

Lastname Firstname
lastname, Firstname

Upvotes: 0

Bill Chen
Bill Chen

Reputation: 1749

The mistake you did was first and last were assigned the same string.

I would suggest doing something like this:

name = 'Bob, joe'
if ',' in name:
    last, first = name.split(',')
else:
    first, last = name.split(' ')

print(last.strip().capitalize()  + ', ' + first.strip().capitalize())

Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 1

Rohan Bhowmik
Rohan Bhowmik

Reputation: 128

In Python3, you can use the split() method to convert a string into a list of words, separated by spaces.

This can be done by words = name.split().

Now, assuming that you have already learned string manipulation, you can remove the comma from the end of the first name (if there is), the first word in the words list.

Then, simply print the list for first name and last name.

Good luck!

Upvotes: 0

Gilfoyle
Gilfoyle

Reputation: 3616

You can do something like this:

name = input("Write a name: ")

space_idx = name.index(' ')

if "," in name:
    print(name)
else:
    name = name[space_idx+1:] + ", " + name[:space_idx]
    print(name)

Upvotes: 0

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