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A pipeline has three stages. For the input "Hello, World", it should give ["hello", "world"], but…
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A pipeline has three stages. For the input "Hello, World", it should give ["hello", "world"], but it gives ["hello,", "world"]. Which stage is wrong? Say how you would find out, and fix it.
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Plan. Print the result of each stage.
- Stage 1 gives
hello, world: right. - Stage 2 gives
['hello,', 'world']: right (the comma is still stuck to the word, and removing it is the job of stage 3). - Stage 3 gives
['hello,', 'world']in the original: wrong. It strips only the full stop,".", and the word has a comma.
So the bug is in stage 3: the marks to strip must include the comma. The fix is w.strip(".,"), or better a longer string of marks, ".,!?;:".
Answer: Stage 3. Strip the comma too: w.strip(".,").
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