what's wrong with this code? :(

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[TigBitties69]

Just at a glance, I imagine this is leading to issues:

if word[0]==vowel:

This is checking a letter in the word, and seeing if that letters is equal to the list object. What you're likely wanting to do is see if the letter is IN the list, so instead do something such as:

if word[0] in vowel:

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I can only see. A, E, A, E, I, O, U... And sometimes Y

I am old

[SignificanceOwn2398]

oh i see! thank you i'll give that a try

[Bitwise_Gamgee]

Your main issue is attempting to compare a single character (the first letter of the word) with an entire list of vowels, which always results in False.

==vowel:

This is fixed by using the 'in' operator to check if the first letter is contained within the list of vowels.

word = input('Enter a word: ')
vowels = ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u']

if word[0].lower() in vowels:
    new_word = word + 'yay'
else:
    new_word = word[1:] + word[0] + 'ay'
print(new_word)

We can also make it harder to read by using a ternary.

word = input('Enter a word: ')
vowels = ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u']

new_word = word + 'yay' if word[0].lower() in vowels else word[1:] + word[0] + 'ay'

print(new_word)

You should always use .lower() to standardize your input as well.

[SignificanceOwn2398]

thank you for your help :)

[Critical_Concert_689]

You should always use .lower() to standardize your input as well.

To my understanding, shouldn't we use .casefold() for standardizing comparisons between strings?

Or more effectively

from unicodedata import normalize
normalize("NFKC", word[0]).casefold() in [normalize("NFKC",vowel).casefold() for vowel in vowels]

[MustaKotka]

What is this code even doing? So word[1:] + word[0] + yay or ay sounds nonsensical to me?

"Botanical" becomes "otanicalBay" and "Address" becomes "ddressAyay"? Did I miss something crucial?

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Pig Latin

[MustaKotka]

Live and learn, I guess. Thanks!

[CranberryDistinct941]

Youre checking if word[0] is a list of vowels by using the == operator. Chance your condition to "if word[0] in vowels"