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def hello():
   # Output should read as follows:
   # hello world!
  
Your code here


hello()

Challenge #2 | Word Length

def get_length(animals):
   # Given a list words, return the count of the word
   # Output should look as follows:
   # {'dog': 3, 'cat': 3, 'giraffe': 7, 'penguin': 7, 'puma': 4}
  
Your code here


print(get_length(['dog', 'cat', 'giraffe', 'penguin', 'puma']))

Challenge #3 | Is Palindrome?

def palindrome(word):
   # solution should check to see if the word passed in as input
   # is a palindrome and return True if so, otherwise return False.
  
Your code here

palindrome("racecar")
palindrome("hannah")
palindrome("magic")
palindrome("hands")
palindrome("anna")

Challenge #4 | Reverse The String!

def reverse_str(string):
  Your code here

reverse_str("drow")
reverse_str("rood")
reverse_str("leahcim")
reverse_str("ekib")

Challenge #5 | Solve The Antonym

def solve_antonym(phrase):
   # solution should ouput the following antonyms:
   # First In Last Out -> FIFO
   # Complementary Metal Oxide-Semiconductor -> CMOS
   # Something That You Made Up -> STUMU
   # Portable Network Graphics -> PNG
  
  Your code here


solve_antonym("First In Last Out")
solve_antonym("Complementary Metal Oxide-Semiconductor")
solve_antonym("Something That You Made Up")
solve_antonym("Portable Network Graphics")

Challenge #6 | DNA Sequencer

def dna_sequencer():
   # Your code should output a 15 character dna
   # sequence using only the character set "atgc" 
   # Output should look as follows:
   #[START] Sequence Generation [START]
   # Sequence 1: ggatgtcatggtgccgaaac
   # Sequence 2: tggctaaccctcgggagtga
   # Sequence 3: cctcctcacagttccgtaag
   # Sequence 4: acccacttcaatcgttcgtg
   # Sequence 5: gtatccacaggataccccgg
  
  
Your code here


dna_sequencer()

Challenge #7 | Dictionary Formatter

def dict_formatter():
   # Given a dictionary with values as input, reconstruct the dict
   # to look as follows: dict1 = {"a": 1, "b": 2, "c_d": 3, "c_e": 4}
  
  Your code here


dict_formatter({"a": 1, "b": 2, "c": {"d": 3, "e": 4}})

Challenge #8 | secret_to_hash

def encode_decode_secret(secret):
   # For a given secret, return the secret as a hex represented hash
   # Output should be as follows:
   # Msg: hello world  Encrypted Msg: A7D26CAC09E0419  Decrypted Msg: hello world
   # Msg: left         Encrypted Msg: D62FD18B22C456A  Decrypted Msg: left
   # Msg: rhino        Encrypted Msg: F1625973F00A8A0  Decrypted Msg: rhino
   # Msg: wheel        Encrypted Msg: F4F5EFCD63433B3  Decrypted Msg: wheel
   # Msg: word         Encrypted Msg: EC8F38A8FCA9724  Decrypted Msg: word
  
  Your code here


print(encode_decode_secret("hello world"))
print(encode_decode_secret("left"))
print(encode_decode_secret("rhino"))
print(encode_decode_secret("wheel"))
print(encode_decode_secret("word"))
print(encode_decode_secret("beak"))
print(encode_decode_secret("weird"))
print(encode_decode_secret("tower"))
print(encode_decode_secret("ignite"))
print(encode_decode_secret("lazy"))
print(encode_decode_secret("power"))
print(encode_decode_secret("redrum"))

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Challenge Overview

Challenges two and eight use 'return' statements -- the remaining challenges can be solved using 'print' statements.

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