• steps
  • ask user to input work in english
  • make sure the user entered a valid word
  • convert the word from english to pig latin
  • display the translation result
• raw_input()accepts a string, prints it and waits for the user to type something and press enter
  • name = raw_input("What's your name?")
  • print name
• isalpha() can be used to check that the user typed only alphabetical characters
  • and lalala.isalpha()
• ay b c
  • pyg = 'ay'
  • first = word[0] <---- means the first letter of the word
    • add ay and first letter to the end of the string

syntax

pyg = 'ay'

original = raw_input('Enter a word:')

if len(original) > 0 and original.isalpha():

• word = original.lower()
• first = word[0]
• new_word = word + first + pyg
• new_word = new_word[1:len(new_word)]
• print new_word

else:

• print 'empty'