see_color¶

Given a string, if the string begins with “red” or “blue” return that color string, otherwise return the empty string.

This exercise was taken from codingbat.com and has been adapted for the Python language. There are many great programming exercises there, but the majority are created for Java.

Test 1¶

Input:

'redxx'

Output:

'red'

Test 2¶

Input:

'xxred'

Output:

''

Test 3¶

Input:

'blueTimes'

Output:

'blue'

Test 4¶

Input:

'NoColor'

Output:

''

Test 5¶

Input:

'red'

Output:

'red'

Test 6¶

Input:

're'

Output:

''

Test 7¶

Input:

'blu'

Output:

''

Test 8¶

Input:

'blue'

Output:

'blue'

Test 9¶

Input:

'a'

Output:

''

Test 10¶

Input:

''

Output:

''

Test 11¶

Input:

'xyzred'

Output:

''