I've to write a function that takes a list of English words and returns a list of Swedish words. For example, {"merry":"god", "christmas":"jul", "and":"och", "happy":gott", "new":"nytt", "year":"år"} used to translate English into Swedish.
def translate(a):
a = {"merry":"god", "christmas":"jul", "and":"och", "happy":"gott", "new":"nytt", "year":"år"}
for k, v in a.iteritems():
print k,v
translate(a)
But this does not give any output. Please advise.
One possibility:
def translate(text, e_s_dict):
swed = ""
space = " "
for word in text.split():
swed += e_s_dict[word] + space
return swed
# english:swedish dictionary
e_s_dict = {"merry":"god",
"christmas":"jul",
"and":"och",
"happy":"gott",
"new":"nytt",
"year":"år"}
# english text
eng_text = "merry christmas"
# translate to swedish text
swed_text = translate(eng_text, e_s_dict)
print(swed_text) # result --> god jul
Use meaningful variable names. It will help you understand what is going on.
To fix your orginal code.
def translate():
a = {"merry":"god", "christmas":"jul", "and":"och", "happy":"gott", "new":"nytt", "year":"år"}
return a
for k, v in translate().iteritems():
print k, v
You need to practice more on using functions.
It make no sense to take a argument a,when all you have in function is a dicionary.a as mention is not a meaningful variable name.
Something like this for translate.
def my_dict(user_input):
return {
"merry": "god",
"christmas": "jul",
"and": "och",
"happy": "gott",
"new": "nytt",
"year": "år"
}.get(user_input, "Not in dicionary")
def translate(word):
return my_dict(word)
Test:
>>> translate('christmas')
'jul'
>>> translate('hello')
'Not in dicionary'
>>> translate('happy')
'gott'
>>> print '{} {} til alle i Sverige'.format(translate('merry'), translate('christmas'))
god jul til alle i Sverige
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