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Beginners Luck solution in Clear category for First Word by diesel59
def first_word(text: str) -> str:
"""
returns the first word in a given text.
"""
punctuation = '''!()-[]{};: "\,<>./?@#$%^&*_~'''
no_punctuation = ""
text = text.strip(punctuation)
text_list = text.split()
first = text_list[0]
for char in first:
if char not in punctuation:
no_punctuation += char
elif char in punctuation:
return no_punctuation
return no_punctuation
if __name__ == '__main__':
print("Example:")
print(first_word("Hello world"))
# These "asserts" are used for self-checking and not for an auto-testing
assert first_word("Hello world") == "Hello"
assert first_word(" a word ") == "a"
assert first_word("don't touch it") == "don't"
assert first_word("greetings, friends") == "greetings"
assert first_word("... and so on ...") == "and"
assert first_word("hi") == "hi"
assert first_word("Hello.World") == "Hello"
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Sept. 7, 2020
