Little Sister's Essay

little-sisters-essay/.exercism/config.json

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+{
+  "authors": [
+    "kimolivia"
+  ],
+  "contributors": [
+    "valentin-p",
+    "BethanyG"
+  ],
+  "files": {
+    "solution": [
+      "string_methods.py"
+    ],
+    "test": [
+      "string_methods_test.py"
+    ],
+    "exemplar": [
+      ".meta/exemplar.py"
+    ]
+  },
+  "icon": "anagrams",
+  "blurb": "Learn about string methods while improving your little sister's school essay."
+}

little-sisters-essay/.exercism/metadata.json

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+{"track":"python","exercise":"little-sisters-essay","id":"d7b318f2f60a4c0c8935500301c0d990","url":"https://exercism.org/tracks/python/exercises/little-sisters-essay","handle":"myFirstCode","is_requester":true,"auto_approve":false}

little-sisters-essay/HELP.md

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little-sisters-essay/HINTS.md

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+# Hints
+
+## General
+
+- [Python Documentation: String Methods][string-method-docs]
+- [Python Documentation Tutorial: Text][tutorial-strings]
+
+## 1. Capitalize the title of the paper
+
+- You can use [string methods][title-method-docs] to capitalize the title properly.
+
+## 2. Check if each sentence ends with a period
+
+- You can use [string methods][endswith-method-docs] to check the ending of a string.
+
+## 3. Clean up spacing
+
+- You can use [string methods][strip-method-docs] to remove whitespace.
+
+## 4. Replace words with a synonym
+
+- You can use [string methods][replace-method-docs] to replace words.
+
+[endswith-method-docs]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str.endswith
+[replace-method-docs]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str.replace
+[string-method-docs]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#string-methods
+[strip-method-docs]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str.strip
+[title-method-docs]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str.title
+[tutorial-strings]: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/introduction.html#text

little-sisters-essay/README.md

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+# Little Sister's Essay
+
+Welcome to Little Sister's Essay on Exercism's Python Track.
+If you need help running the tests or submitting your code, check out `HELP.md`.
+If you get stuck on the exercise, check out `HINTS.md`, but try and solve it without using those first :)
+
+## Introduction
+
+The `str` class offers [many useful methods][str methods] for working with and composing strings.
+These include searching, cleaning, splitting, transforming, translating, and many other techniques.
+
+Strings are [immutable sequences][text sequence] of [Unicode code points][unicode code points] -- individual "characters" or code points (_strings of length 1_) can be referenced by `0-based index` number from the left, or `-1-based index` number from the right.
+
+Strings can be iterated through using `for item in <str>` or `for index, item in enumerate(<str>)` syntax.
+They can be concatenated using the `+` operator or via `<string>.join(<iterable>)` and implement all [common sequence operations][common sequence operations].
+
+Strings are _immutable_, meaning the value of a `str` object in memory cannot change.
+Functions or methods that operate on a `str` (_like the ones we are learning about here_) will return a new `instance` of that `str` object instead of modifying the original `str`.
+
+Following is a small selection of Python string methods.
+For a complete list, see the [str class][str methods] in the Python docs.
+
+
+[`<str>.title()`][str-title] parses a string and capitalizes the first "character" of each "word" found.
+In Python, this is very dependent on the [language codec][codecs] used and how the particular language represents words and characters.
+There may also be [locale][locale] rules in place for a language or character set.
+
+
+```python
+man_in_hat_th = 'ผู้ชายใส่หมวก'
+man_in_hat_ru = 'мужчина в шляпе'
+man_in_hat_ko = '모자를 쓴 남자'
+man_in_hat_en = 'the man in the hat.'
+
+>>> man_in_hat_th.title()
+'ผู้ชายใส่หมวก'
+
+>>> man_in_hat_ru.title()
+'Мужчина В Шляпе'
+
+>>> man_in_hat_ko.title()
+'모자를 쓴 남자'
+
+>> man_in_hat_en.title()
+'The Man In The Hat.'
+```
+
+[`<str>.endswith(<suffix>)`][str-endswith] returns `True` if the string ends with `<suffix>`, `False` otherwise.
+
+
+```python
+>>> 'My heart breaks. 💔'.endswith('💔')
+True
+
+>>> 'cheerfulness'.endswith('ness')
+True
+
+# Punctuation is part of the string, so needs to be included in any endswith match.
+>>> 'Do you want to 💃?'.endswith('💃')
+False
+
+>> 'The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.'.endswith('dog')
+False
+```
+
+[`<str>.strip(<chars>)`][str-strip] returns a copy of the `str` with leading and trailing `<chars>` removed.
+The code points specified in `<chars>` are not a prefix or suffix - **all combinations** of the code points will be removed starting from **both ends** of the string.
+ If nothing is specified for `<chars>`, all combinations of whitespace code points will be removed.
+
+
+ ```python
+# This will remove "https://", because it can be formed from "/stph:". 
+>>> 'https://unicode.org/emoji/'.strip('/stph:')
+'unicode.org/emoji'
+
+# Removal of all whitespace from both ends of the str.
+>>> '   🐪🐪🐪🌟🐪🐪🐪   '.strip()
+'🐪🐪🐪🌟🐪🐪🐪'
+
+>>> justification = 'оправдание'
+>>> justification.strip('еина')
+'оправд'
+
+# Prefix and suffix in one step.
+>>> 'unaddressed'.strip('dnue')
+'address'
+
+>>> '  unaddressed  '.strip('dnue ')
+'address'
+```
+
+
+[`<str>.replace(<substring>, <replacement substring>)`][str-replace] returns a copy of the string with all occurrences of `<substring>` replaced with `<replacement substring>`.
+
+The quote used below is from [The Hunting of the Snark][The Hunting of the Snark] by [Lewis Carroll][Lewis Carroll]
+
+```python
+# The Hunting of the Snark, by Lewis Carroll
+>>> quote = '''
+"Just the place for a Snark!" the Bellman cried,
+   As he landed his crew with care;
+Supporting each man on the top of the tide
+   By a finger entwined in his hair.
+
+"Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice:
+   That alone should encourage the crew.
+Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice:
+   What I tell you three times is true."
+'''
+
+>>> quote.replace('Snark', '🐲')
+...
+'\n"Just the place for a 🐲!" the Bellman cried,\n   As he landed his crew with care;\nSupporting each man on the top of the tide\n   By a finger entwined in his hair.\n\n"Just the place for a 🐲! I have said it twice:\n   That alone should encourage the crew.\nJust the place for a 🐲! I have said it thrice:\n   What I tell you three times is true."\n'
+
+>>> 'bookkeeper'.replace('kk', 'k k')
+'book keeper'
+```
+
+[Lewis Carroll]: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lewis-carroll
+[The Hunting of the Snark]: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43909/the-hunting-of-the-snark
+[codecs]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/codecs.html
+[common sequence operations]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#text-sequence-type-str
+[locale]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/locale.html#module-locale
+[str methods]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#string-methods
+[str-endswith]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str.endswith
+[str-replace]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str.replace
+[str-strip]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str.strip
+[str-title]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str.title
+[text sequence]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#text-sequence-type-str
+[unicode code points]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27331819/whats-the-difference-between-a-character-a-code-point-a-glyph-and-a-grapheme
+
+## Instructions
+
+In this exercise you are helping your younger sister edit her paper for school. The teacher is looking for correct punctuation, grammar, and excellent word choice.
+
+You have four tasks to clean up and modify strings.
+
+## 1. Capitalize the title of the paper
+
+Any good paper needs a properly formatted title.
+Implement the function `capitalize_title(<title>)` which takes a title `str` as a parameter and capitalizes the first letter of each word.
+This function should return a `str` in title case.
+
+
+```python
+>>> capitalize_title("my hobbies")
+"My Hobbies"
+```
+
+## 2. Check if each sentence ends with a period
+
+You want to make sure that the punctuation in the paper is perfect.
+Implement the function `check_sentence_ending()` that takes `sentence` as a parameter. This function should return a `bool`.
+
+
+```python
+>>> check_sentence_ending("I like to hike, bake, and read.")
+True
+```
+
+## 3. Clean up spacing
+
+To make the paper look professional, unnecessary spacing needs to be removed.
+Implement the function `clean_up_spacing()` that takes  `sentence` as a parameter.
+The function should remove extra whitespace at both the beginning and the end of the sentence, returning a new, updated sentence `str`.
+
+
+```python
+>>> clean_up_spacing(" I like to go on hikes with my dog.  ")
+"I like to go on hikes with my dog."
+```
+
+## 4. Replace words with a synonym
+
+To make the paper _even better_, you can replace some of the adjectives with their synonyms.
+Write the function `replace_word_choice()` that takes `sentence`, `old_word`, and `new_word` as parameters.
+This function should replace all instances of the `old_word` with the `new_word`, and return a new `str` with the updated sentence.
+
+
+```python
+>>> replace_word_choice("I bake good cakes.", "good", "amazing")
+"I bake amazing cakes."
+```
+
+## Source
+
+### Created by
+
+- @kimolivia
+
+### Contributed to by
+
+- @valentin-p
+- @BethanyG