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Working with Strings

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A string is text. Strings come with methods, which are functions attached to the value itself, called with a dot:

"  hello  ".strip()      # "hello"     removes whitespace from both ends
"hello".upper()          # "HELLO"
"HELLO".lower()          # "hello"
"ada lovelace".title()   # "Ada Lovelace"
"a,b,c".split(",")       # ["a", "b", "c"]
"-".join(["a", "b"])     # "a-b"
len("hello")             # 5

Important: string methods never change the original. They return a new string.

name = "  ada  "
name.strip()      # returns "ada"
name              # still "  ada  "  <- unchanged!
name = name.strip()   # this is how you keep the result

Your task:

Write clean_name(raw) that takes a messy name and tidies it:

remove whitespace from both ends

capitalise it properly

So " grace hopper " becomes "Grace Hopper".

Example Tests

Extra spaces are removed and each word is capitalised

Input: {"raw":" grace hopper "}

Expected: "Grace Hopper"

Shouty input is brought back to normal capitalisation

Input: {"raw":"ADA LOVELACE"}

Expected: "Ada Lovelace"

A single name works too

Input: {"raw":" turing "}

Expected: "Turing"

Python

def clean_name(raw):
    """
    Tidy up a name typed by a user.

    Args:
        raw: a string that may have extra spaces and odd capitalisation

    Returns:
        The trimmed, properly capitalised name.
    """
    # YOUR CODE HERE
    pass

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