Question

Here’s my code:

sentenceToTranslate = raw_input("Please write in the sentence you want to translate: ")
words = sentenceToTranslate.split(" ")

for word in words:
    if isVowel(word[0]):
        print "TEST"


def isVowel(letter):
    if letter.lower() == "a" or letter.lower() == "e" or letter.lower() == "i" or letter.lower() == "o" or letter.lower() == "u":
        return True
    else:
        return False

The error I get is:

NameError: name ‘isVowel’ is not defined

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

The function hasn’t been defined yet, so the name ‘isVowel’ doesn’t have a function bound to it: that only happens at the time when you say “def”.

Solution: move your code below the def isVowel(letter).