Build a Pin Extractor - Step 4

Python
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Tell us what’s happening:

Where do I find information about the “split” method and how to use it? As far as I know, there is no mention whatsoever of the split method in the previous chapters.

Your code so far

def pin_extractor(poem):
    secret_code = ''

# User Editable Region

    

# User Editable Region


poem = """Stars and the moon
shine in the sky
white and bright
until the end of the night"""

pin_extractor(poem)
lines =

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Challenge Information:

Build a Pin Extractor - Step 4

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I modified my code based on what I found on internet (frankly, I am wondering what the use is of trying a split method that was not explained previously). Here is my code, I see no comment/error message in the console

def pin_extractor(poem, lines):
    secret_code = ''
  

poem = """Stars and the moon
shine in the sky
white and bright
until the end of the night"""

lines = poem.splitlines()
pin_extractor(poem, lines)
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CAN YOU PLeaSe HELP ??

4

you are not asked to add a new parameter to the function, please don’t do that

you are asked to create the lines variable inside the function

here you can find where split is introduced: https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/python-v9/lecture-introduction-to-python-strings/what-are-some-common-string-methods

5

I used the split method and syntax and applied in my code. It says SyntaxError: unexpected character after line continuation character. I don’t get it

def pin_extractor(poem):
    secret_code = ''

poem = """Stars and the moon
shine in the sky
white and bright
until the end of the night"""

lines = poem.split(\n)
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first issue
you can’t write \n like that, you need to pass a string to split, so how can you make \n into a string?
second issue, you must write inside the function

7

Ok, found it. Thanks

8

Please be patient and do not bump your threads like this. It’s annoying for everyone to read this.