You want non whitespace, so you should use not
def get_num_of_non_WS_characters(s):
count = 0
for char in s:
if not char.isspace():
count += 1
return count
>>> get_num_of_non_WS_characters('hello')
5
>>> get_num_of_non_WS_characters('hello ')
5
For completeness, this could be done more succinctly using a generator expression
def get_num_of_non_WS_characters(s):
return sum(1 for char in s if not char.isspace())
You want non whitespace, so you should use not
def get_num_of_non_WS_characters(s):
count = 0
for char in s:
if not char.isspace():
count += 1
return count
>>> get_num_of_non_WS_characters('hello')
5
>>> get_num_of_non_WS_characters('hello ')
5
For completeness, this could be done more succinctly using a generator expression
def get_num_of_non_WS_characters(s):
return sum(1 for char in s if not char.isspace())
As an alternative you could also simple do:
def get_num_of_non_WS_characters(s):
return len(''.join(s.split()))
Then
s = 'i am a string'
get_num_of_non_WS_characters(s)
will return 10
This will also remove tabs and new line characters:
s = 'i am a string\nwith line break'
''.join(s.split())
will give
'iamastringwithlinebreak'
Isspace function in python - Stack Overflow
STRING METHOD FOR SPACES
Check whitespace in a Python string - Stack Overflow
using isspace() to check if it is a single word
I don't think the str.isspace, str.isalpha and str.isdigit methods do what you expect them to do. To start with, they all test if all the characters in the string you enter are of the type that is described in their name. Your code seems to be expecting them to be return True if any of the characters match. That is, if there are any spaces, you want to remove them and show the two lengths, before and after.
There's no single string method that will do that test for you in Python. You could use regular expressions (which are more powerful, but much more complicated), or you could write some slightly more elaborate code to do the test. I'd suggest using the any function, and passing it a generator expression that calls the method you want on each character in the string.
if any(c.isspace() for c in user_str):
...
This may not be exactly what you want for all of your tests. The desired logic of your code is not entirely obvious, as there are a number of corner cases that your output doesn't specifically address. Is a string that contains both letters and numbers valid? How about one that has spaces in between numbers, but no letters at all? You may need to reorder the conditions of your if/elif/else statements so that they match what you intend.
I'd also note that the variable name you used for user input, new_length, is very misleading. It's not a length, its the string you want to measure the length of! It's a lot easier to make logic errors about variables that have misleading or unclear variable names, so taking time to go back and reconsider names you chose earlier is sometimes a good idea, as it can improve the clarity of your code a lot! Descriptive variable names are good, but it's a tradeoff between clarity and brevity, as long names are tedious to type (and prone to typos). They also can lead to line length issues, which can make it less convenient to see all your code on your editor screen at once.
You can use this function to check if the input string contains a number:
def hasNumbers(inputString):
return any(char.isdigit() for char in inputString)
It returns true if there is a number and false if there is not.
As for the whitespaces you can ommit isspace(). Using replace() alone will do the job, even if there are no whitespaces.
stri='jshsb sjhsvs jwjjs'
stri=stri.replace(' ','')
Is there any string method that checks for spaces? I know isspace() checks for them but it only gives a true if the string only includes white spaces. I'm looking for one that will prince a false if there is any spaces. I'm using these for a project that splices emails so isalpha() wont work cos of that @ and numeric symbols
here is the code
print("Your email may not contain any spaces.")
email = input("Enter your email: ")
index = email.index("@") # this method will return a number
print(index)
username = email[:index]
domain = email[index:]
print(f"your username is {username} and domain is {domain}")
def tt(w):
if ' ' in w:
print 'space'
else:
print 'no space'
>> tt('b ')
>> space
>> tt('b b')
>> space
>> tt('bb')
>> no space
I am in train, sorry for not explaining.. cannot type much..
You are using isspace which says
str.isspace()
Return true if there are only whitespace characters in the string and there is at least one character, false otherwise.
For 8-bit strings, this method is locale-dependent.