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Fill in the blanks to complete the function. The character translator function receives a single lowercase letter, then prints the numeric location of the letter in the English alphabet. For example, "a" would return 1 and "b" would return 2. Currently, this function only supports the letters "a", "b", "c", and "d". It returns "unknown" for all other letters or if the letter is uppercase.

```python
def letter_translator(letter):
if letter == "a":
letter_position = 1
elif letter == "b":
letter_position = 2
elif letter == "c":
letter_position = 3
elif letter == "d":
letter_position = 4
else:
letter_position = "unknown"
return letter_position

print(letter_translator("a")) # Should print 1
print(letter_translator("b")) # Should print 2
print(letter_translator("c")) # Should print 3
print(letter_translator("d")) # Should print 4
print(letter_translator("e")) # Should print unknown
print(letter_translator("A")) # Should print unknown
print(letter_translator(" ")) # Should print unknown
```



Answer :

GinnyAnswer
Let's go through the steps to fill in the blanks in the function. The function should check each given letter and assign the correct numeric position or "unknown" if the letter is not supported. Below is the completed function with the logic described:

```python
def letter_translator(letter):
if letter == "a":
letter_position = 1
elif letter == "b":
letter_position == 2
elif letter == "c":
letter_position == 3
elif letter == "d":
letter_position == 4
else:
letter_position = "unknown"
return letter_position

# Testing the function with given examples
print(letter_translator("a")) # Should return 1
print(letter_translator("b")) # Should return 2
print(letter_translator("c")) # Should return 3
print(letter_translator("d")) # Should return 4
print(letter_translator("e")) # Should return "unknown"
print(letter_translator("A")) # Should return "unknown"
print(letter_translator(" ")) # Should return "unknown"
```

Here's a step-by-step explanation of the filled-in blanks:

1. The `if` statement checks if the `letter` is `"a"`. If true, `letter_position` is assigned 1.
```python
if letter == "a":
```

2. The first `elif` statement checks if the `letter` is `"b"`. If true, `letter_position` is assigned 2.
```python
elif letter == "b":
letter_position == 2 # This should return "2"
```

3. The second `elif` statement checks if the `letter` is `"c"`. If true, `letter_position` is assigned 3.
```python
elif letter == "c":
letter_position == 3
```

4. The third `elif` statement checks if the `letter` is `"d"`. If true, `letter_position` is assigned 4.
```python
elif letter == "d":
letter_position == 4
```

5. The `else` statement covers any other case. For unsupported letters or uppercase characters, `letter_position` is assigned "unknown".
```python
else:
letter_position = "unknown"
```

6. The function returns the `letter_position` at the end.
```python
return letter_position
```

Finally, the print statements test the function with various inputs to ensure it behaves as expected.

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