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Re: This could be an interesting error

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On 08/31/2014 03:02 PM, Seymore4Head wrote:
> def pigword(test):
>     for x in range(len(test)):
>         if test[x] in "AEIOUaeiou":
>             stem = test [x:]
>             prefix = test [:x]
>             pigword = stem + prefix + "ay"
>             print ("Stem ",stem)
>             print ("Prefix",prefix)
>             print (pigword)
>             break
>     return (pigword)

So, what do you think will happen if the word contains no vowels?  Where
is pigword defined?

> for x in range(len(newex)):
>     sentence = sentence + pigword(newex[x])+ " "
>     print (sentence)
>     wait = input ("          Wait")

You don't need to iterate over range(len(blah)).  The standard idiom
when you need index as well as the item itself is to iterate over
enumerate().  Or if you don't need the index, just iterate directly.
You can iterate directly over the list, or the letters in the word,
optionally getting an index. It's much cleaner and less error prone.
Consider something like:

def pigword(word):
    for x,letter in enumerate(word):
        # x is index (position), letter is the value at that index
        if letter in "AEIOUaeiou":
            ...

for word in list_of_words:
    sentence = sentence + pigword(word) + " "
    ...

That doesn't solve your little logic problem, though I think you can
figure that part out easily!

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This could be an interesting error Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-08-31 17:02 -0400
  Re: This could be an interesting error Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-08-31 17:07 -0400
  Re: This could be an interesting error Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-08-31 22:38 +0100
    Re: This could be an interesting error Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-08-31 18:04 -0400
      Re: This could be an interesting error Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-08-31 23:26 +0100
    Re: This could be an interesting error Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-08-31 18:42 -0400
      Re: This could be an interesting error Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-09-01 00:21 +0100
        Re: This could be an interesting error Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-08-31 20:08 -0400
          Re: This could be an interesting error Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-09-01 01:56 +0100
            Re: This could be an interesting error Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-09-01 12:53 +1000
              Re: This could be an interesting error Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-09-01 07:34 +0100
          Re: This could be an interesting error Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-08-31 22:12 -0400
            Re: This could be an interesting error Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-08-31 22:54 -0400
              Re: This could be an interesting error Larry Hudson <orgnut@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-31 21:55 -0700
                Re: This could be an interesting error Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-01 15:12 +1000
                Re: This could be an interesting error Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-08-31 23:53 -0700
  Re: This could be an interesting error MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-08-31 22:53 +0100
    Re: This could be an interesting error Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-08-31 18:07 -0400
      Re: This could be an interesting error Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-09-01 12:12 +1000
        Re: This could be an interesting error Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-08-31 22:13 -0400
        Re: This could be an interesting error Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-09-01 19:25 +1200
  Re: This could be an interesting error Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2014-08-31 16:10 -0600
    Re: This could be an interesting error Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-08-31 18:31 -0400
    Re: This could be an interesting error Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-08-31 20:04 -0400
      Re: This could be an interesting error MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-09-01 01:23 +0100
        Re: This could be an interesting error Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-08-31 20:35 -0400
      Re: This could be an interesting error Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2014-08-31 22:15 -0600
      Re: This could be an interesting error Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2014-08-31 22:52 -0600

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