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Python | Basic coding exercise | Show the Hogwarts house colours for a user
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| Software ==> | Python (25 exercises) |
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| Topic ==> | Basic coding (3 exercises) |
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| Classroom ==> | Python programming |
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This exercise asks you to write a program which displays your Hogwarts house colours given your input house name. Here's what a typical output should look like when you run the program:
Ravenclaw: the forgotten Harry Potter house.
First create a new program file called Sorting Hat.py, and set a variable to hold the house name typed in by a user.
To make it easier to test the value of your variable add .lower() to the end of it (this will convert whatever the user types in into lower case).
Before the next part of the exercise you'll need to know the Hogwarts house colours, which are:
| House | Colours |
|---|---|
| gryffindor | Scarlet and yellow, of course |
| hufflepuff | Yellow and black |
| ravenclaw | Blue and bronze |
| slytherin | Green and silver (ssss) |
Write an if ... elif ... else block which sets the value of another variable to the correct house colours (if the house typed in by your user doesn't exactly match any of the ones listed above, your program should set your colours to Not known).
Use the else clause of your if condition to return this message if a user types in an unknown house name.
Remember that you can use \n within a text string to throw a carriage return to get the new lines shown in our example.
Test that your program works by trying a few different house names, then save and close it.