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SpOnGeBoB case

Print a word with its letters alternating: the 1st, 3rd, 5th... in small letters and the 2nd, 4th, 6th... in capitals.

Input: a word. Output: e.g. python -> pYtHoN

Examples

Input
python
Output
pYtHoN
Input
a
Output
a
Input
HELLO
Output
hElLo

One more test checks other inputs when you press Check.

Stuck? The idea behind strings

A string is text. len() counts its characters; word[0] is the first, word[-1] the last; word[1:4] is a slice, from position 1 up to (not including) 4.

Methods give a new string and leave the old one as it was: .upper(), .lower(), .strip(), .replace(old, new), .split().

word = input()
print(len(word))
print(word.upper())
print(word[::-1])  # backwards

Watch for: word.upper() on its own line changes nothing: keep the result (word = word.upper()) or print it.

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