Capitalize in python - HackerRank solution
Solution for hackerRank problem Find a string in python
Problem :
You are asked to ensure that the first and last names of people begin with a capital letter in their passports. For example, alison heck
should be capitalised correctly as Alison Heck
.
Given a full name, your task is to capitalize the name appropriately.
Input Format
A single line of input containing the full name,S.
Constraints
0 < len(S) < 1000
The string consists of alphanumeric characters and spaces.
Note: in a word only the first character is capitalized. Example 12abc when capitalized remains 12abc.
Output Format
Print the capitalized string,S
Sample Input
chris alan
Sample Output
Chris Alan.
Procedure
1. Start.
2. Loop through each element of the string.
=> if the character is in lowercase and if the previous element is a space and if the character is not a number
=> convert the lower case to upper case
=> else continue
3. Print the transformed string.
4. End.
Code
#!/bin/python3
import math
import os
import random
import re
import sys
# Complete the solve function below.
def solve(s):
s = list(s)
for i in range(len(s)):
if(i==0)and(s[i].isalpha())and(s[i].islower()):
s[i] = chr(ord(s[i])-32)
if(s[i]==" ")and(s[i+1]!=" ")and(s[i+1].islower()):
if(s[i+1].isalpha()):
s[i+1] = chr(ord(s[i+1])-32)
Capital = ""
return Capital.join(s)
if __name__ == '__main__':
fptr = open(os.environ['OUTPUT_PATH'], 'w')
s = input()
result = solve(s)
fptr.write(result + '\n')
fptr.close()
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