Sunday, March 17, 2019

String Split and Join - Hacker Rank Solution

In Python, a string can be split on a delimiter.
Example:
>>> a = "this is a string"
>>> a = a.split(" ") # a is converted to a list of strings. 
>>> print a
['this', 'is', 'a', 'string']
Joining a string is simple:

>>> a = "-".join(a)
>>> print a
this-is-a-string 
Task
You are given a string. Split the string on a " " (space) delimiter and join using a - hyphen.
Input Format
The first line contains a string consisting of space separated words.
Output Format
Print the formatted string as explained above.
Sample Input
this is a string   
Sample Output
this-is-a-string

String Split and Join - Hacker Rank Solution

Using the split and join methods, we can solve this challenge.
Problem Tester's code:
print "-".join(raw_input().split())

2 comments:

  1. a=input()
    a=a.split(" ")
    a="-".join(a)
    print(a)

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  2. def split_and_join(line):
    line=line.split(" ")
    line='-'.join(line)
    return line
    if __name__ == '__main__':
    line = input()
    result = split_and_join(line)
    print(result)

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