upload question 1

Author: michael-bateman

test/question-1.py

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+'''
+question-1.py - Michael Bateman
+Python Coding Bat Test - ICS3U
+Feb 16/2017
+'''
+
+# imports - none
+
+# functions
+
+def newString(word): # creates a function called newString and recieves data
+	if (len(word) < 2): # checking to see if the string is less than 2
+		return (word) # if string is less than 2, it will just return the word
+	else:
+		first = word[:1] # this stores the first letter in the variable 'first'
+		last = word[len(word)-1:] # this stores the last letter in the variable 'last'
+		mid = word[1:len(word)-1] # this creates a string without the first and last letters, stored in 'mid'
+		return (last + mid + first) # this will return it with the first and last letters switched
+
+# input
+
+word = raw_input("Please type a word: ") # this is raw_input, therefore the variable 'word' is a string
+
+# raw code
+
+print(newString(word)) # this prints the funtion to the screen