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First solution in Uncategorized category for The Most Wanted Letter by mjazy
def checkio(text):
lowerCaseText = text.lower()
textLength = len(text)
letterAppearance = 0;
mostPopularLetter = str
currentLetter = str
mostPopularLetterPosition = -500
currentLetterPosition = int
for idx in range(textLength):
if lowerCaseText.count(lowerCaseText[idx]) > letterAppearance and lowerCaseText[idx].isalpha() or (idx == 0 and lowerCaseText[idx] != " " and lowerCaseText[idx].isalpha()):
letterAppearance = lowerCaseText.count(lowerCaseText[idx])
mostPopularLetter = lowerCaseText[idx]
mostPopularLetterPosition = ord(mostPopularLetter)-97
print(mostPopularLetter)
print(mostPopularLetterPosition)
if lowerCaseText.count(lowerCaseText[idx]) == letterAppearance and lowerCaseText[idx].isalpha():
print("hi")
currentLetter = lowerCaseText[idx]
currentLetterPosition = ord(currentLetter)-97
if mostPopularLetterPosition > currentLetterPosition or mostPopularLetterPosition == -500:
mostPopularLetter = currentLetter
mostPopularLetterPosition = currentLetterPosition
return(mostPopularLetter)
if __name__ == '__main__':
#These "asserts" using only for self-checking and not necessary for auto-testing
assert checkio("1S11") == "s", "czo"
assert checkio("A-Z") == "a", "What"
assert checkio("Hello World!") == "l", "Hello test"
assert checkio("How do you do?") == "o", "O is most wanted"
assert checkio("One") == "e", "All letter only once."
assert checkio("Oops!") == "o", "Don't forget about lower case."
assert checkio("AAaooo!!!!") == "a", "Only letters."
assert checkio("abe") == "a", "The First."
print("Start the long test")
assert checkio("a" * 9000 + "b" * 1000) == "a", "Long."
print("The local tests are done.")
Jan. 6, 2018
