Given a DNA strand, return its RNA complement (per RNA transcription).
Both DNA and RNA strands are a sequence of nucleotides.
The four nucleotides found in DNA are adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G) and thymine (T).
The four nucleotides found in RNA are adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G) and uracil (U).
Given a DNA strand, its transcribed RNA strand is formed by replacing each nucleotide with its complement:
G -> C
C -> G
T -> A
A -> U
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import unittest
from rna_transcription import to_rna
# Tests adapted from `problem-specifications//canonical-data.json` @ v1.2.0
class RnaTranscriptionTest(unittest.TestCase):
def test_transcribes_cytosine_to_guanine(self):
self.assertEqual(to_rna('C'), 'G')
def test_transcribes_guanine_to_cytosine(self):
self.assertEqual(to_rna('G'), 'C')
def test_transcribes_thymine_to_adenine(self):
self.assertEqual(to_rna('T'), 'A')
def test_transcribes_adenine_to_uracil(self):
self.assertEqual(to_rna('A'), 'U')
def test_transcribes_all_occurrences(self):
self.assertEqual(to_rna('ACGTGGTCTTAA'), 'UGCACCAGAAUU')
if __name__ == '__main__':
unittest.main()def to_rna(string):
string = string.upper()
new = ''
for i in string:
if i == 'C':
new += 'G'
elif i == 'G':
new += 'C'
elif i == 'T':
new += 'A'
elif i == 'A':
new += 'U'
return new
#* `G` -> `C`
#* `C` -> `G`
#* `T` -> `A`
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Check out string.join (along with list comprehension) and dict