[Tutor] swapping list elements based on some criterion

[Peter Otten]

Emad Nawfal (عمـ نوفل ـاد) wrote:

> Here is the function as I used it, and it works fine:
> 
> def swap(sentence):
>    buffer = []
>    adjectives = []
>    for word in sentence.split():
>        if word.endswith('/ADJ'):
>            adjectives.append(word)
>        elif word.endswith('/N'):
>            buffer.append(word)
>            buffer.extend(adjectives)
> 
>            adjectives = []
>        else:
>            buffer.append(word)
>    return ' '.join(buffer)

Does the classification scheme allow for adjectives that are not followed by 
a noun? Example: if "good" in the sentence "That looks good" were classified 
as an adjective it would be silently dropped.