Can someone help me shorten this?

Question

This is my first real program outside of the stuff I made for my lessons. Is there a way to shorten it? Thanks

https://code.sololearn.com/cK7JdO092WDb/?ref=app

Answer 1

Alex

Enter any length of string, doesn't matter

a = input()
x = len(a)

for i in range(1, x + 1):
print("*", a[0 : i], "* ")

print("\nThat was rather underwhelming, wasn't it? Oh well, you can still leave a like.")

Answer 2

This is a bit shorter (I see it's pretty much what Calvin Thomas said)

for i in range(len(a := input())):
print("*", a[:i], "*")

print("\nThat was rather underwhelming, wasn't it? Oh well, you can still leave a like.")

Answer 3

Thanks Calvin Thomas good points.

Answer 4

Thank you very much

Answer 5

Here's a one-liner that might help:

for i in range(len(k := input())): print("* ", k[:i+1], " *")

# Hope this helps

Answer 6

David Ashton Your code actually doesn't print the last letter. Also, it prints an unnecessary space character in the beginning. This was why I had added 'i+1' in my code.

Answer 7

David Ashton You're welcome.

Answer 8

Calvin Thomas it makes total sense, welcome

Answer 9

Try to create a comprehension list first and iterate through the list with for loop as below:

a = input()
u = ['* '+ a[0:i] + ' *' for i in range(1,len(a)+1)]
for j in u:
print(j)

Answer 10

Innocent Salimoni Why not just a[:i]?