Daily Challenge #247 - Get Planet Name By ID

#challenge

The function is not returning the correct values. Can you figure out why?

def get_planet_name(id):
    # This doesn't work; Fix it!
    name=""
    switch id:
        case 1: name = "Mercury"
        case 2: name = "Venus"
        case 3: name = "Earth"
        case 4: name = "Mars"
        case 5: name = "Jupiter"
        case 6: name = "Saturn"
        case 7: name = "Uranus"  
        case 8: name = "Neptune"
    return name

Example

get_planet_name(3) # should return 'Earth'

Tests

get_planet_name(3)
get_planet_name(8)
get_planet_name(1)
get_planet_name(5)

Good luck!

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Top comments (6)

Amin • May 22 '20 • Edited

Because the interpreter is not helpful.

Try Elm, the compiler is nice.

type Planet
    = Mercury
    | Venus
    | Earth
    | Mars
    | Jupiter
    | Saturn
    | Uranus
    | Neptune


getPlanetName : Planet -> String
getPlanetName planet =
    case planet of
        Mercury -> "Mercury"
        Venus   -> "Venus"
        Earth   -> "Earth"
        Mars    -> "Mars"
        Jupiter -> "Jupiter"
        Saturn  -> "Saturn"
        Uranus  -> "Uranus"
        Neptune -> "Neptune"