warm raft
I'm learning how to do functions and I get an error for line 6.
def count_letter_e(word):
total_e = 0
for letter in word:
if letter == "e":
total_letter_e = total_letter_e + 1
return total_letter_e
user_name = input("Enter your name: ")
total_es_in_name = count_letter_e(user_name)
print("There are " + str(total_es_in_name) + "E's in your name")
charred otterBOT
I'm learning how to do functions and I get an error for line 6.
def count_lette...
@warm raft
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crimson light
I'm learning how to do functions and I get an error for line 6.
def count_lette...
you never defined total_letter_e, you only defined total_e
the same with total_es_in_name
when you are doing for letter in word, you don't add the letterphrase onto the variable
pure portal
I'm learning how to do functions and I get an error for line 6.
def count_lette...
FYI, if you get an error, you should always post what it was, even if we can make educated guesses.
warm raft
what do i add?
warm raft
FYI, if you get an error, you should always post what it was, even if we can mak...
oh ok
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Pasha\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\test.py", line 9, in <module>
total_es_in_name = count_letter_e(user_name)
File "C:\Users\Pasha\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\test.py", line 6, in count_letter_e
return total_letter_e
UnboundLocalError: cannot access local variable 'total_letter_e' where it is not associated with a value
crimson light
yeah you never defined the variable
warm raft
oh ok
crimson light
when you are doing `for letter in word`, you don't add the `letter`phrase onto t...
this is important
warm raft
what would i put instead of letter
crimson light
when you are doing for loops or anything, total_e remains the same, i believe you are trying to add onto it
warm raft
got it
crimson light
so rather than total_letter_e, and total_es_in_name, you should replace back total_e
warm raft
oh ok
crimson light
actually maybe not for total_es_in_name
warm raft
alright, ima try it real quick
crimson light
furtherly, there's another issue with your function
if letter == "e":
i don't think it worked, as i tested your code with the username "Apple", it didn't counted the E
warm raft
i tried it as well and it didn't work
crimson light
the issue is with this return total_e
when you executed the function, it iterates everything once
if letter == "e" checks for the first letter of the username, if it's not an E, it does not function
then it goes to the return statement
when you return something, it automatically exits the function
so the rest of the letters in the username were not reached
warm raft
How would I fix it so that it reads the whole username?
crimson light
also, the if statement only checks if it's a lowercase e or not, it does not include capital E
rather than putting the return statement inside of the for loop, as it will be executed every iteration
you can put it outside of the for loop, but still include it in the function
warm raft
I put it outside the loop but it still only did 0
crimson light
show me the code
warm raft
def count_letter_e(word):
total_e = 0
for letter in word:
if total_e == "e":
total_e = total_e + 1
return total_e
user_name = input("Enter your name: ")
total_es_in_name = count_letter_e(user_name)
print("There are " + str(total_es_in_name) + " E's in your name")
something like this?
crimson light
the issue is here
if total_e =="e":
you're checking the letters, not the total_e
so it returns the original value of total_e = 0
warm raft
i think i forgot to replace the phrase letters aswell
crimson light
phrase letters?
warm raft
or word "letters"
crimson light
yeah that is what i meant
it should function properly when you replace it
the only issue is that it only detects for lowercase e, capital E's are not included in the detection
warm raft
I got an other error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Pasha\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\test.py", line 9, in <module>
total_es_in_name = count_letter_e(user_name)
File "C:\Users\Pasha\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\test.py", line 5, in count_letter_e
total_e = total_e + 1
TypeError: can only concatenate str (not "int") to str
crimson light
show me the full code again? i don't seem to find any issues with the code
you may have moved something
warm raft
def count_letter_e(word):
total_e = 0
for total_e in word:
if total_e == "e":
total_e = total_e + 1
return total_e
user_name = input("Enter your name: ")
total_es_in_name = count_letter_e(user_name)
print("There are " + str(total_es_in_name) + " E's in your name")
uh
you weren't supposed to change the letter into total_e
def count_letter_e(word):
total_e = 0
for letter in word:
if letter == "e":
total_e = total_e + 1
return total_e
user_name = input("Enter your name: ")
total_es_in_name = count_letter_e(user_name)
print("There are " + str(total_es_in_name) + " E's in your name")
you're checking for the individual letters in the word, not checking fro total_e
crimson light
```py
def count_letter_e(word):
total_e = 0
for letter in word:
...
as you can see here, it's supposed to check for letters
warm raft
but how do I make it so thst it checks for all the letter e
crimson light
if letter in "eE"
it checks if the letter is inside the string "eE"
if any of them exists, it executes the if statement
warm raft
still 0
crimson light
note : It's not if letter == "eE"
charred otterBOT
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