I found an error in processing language name like Malayalam,English.. in a list created using Python 3.6.1

Can you please attach the code snippet as text instead of screenshot so that it would be helpful to copy paste and run. In the issue please add a description of what's the output you are expecting and what's the actual output?

Thanks

It may help if you read this:

http://sscce.org/

It is written for Java programmers but it applies to Python as well.

Don't expect us to re-type your code from a hard-to-read, out-of-focus, low-resolution photo of your monitor. Copy and paste the code into a .py file and attach that to this issue.

Don't expect us to guess what the error is. Copy and paste the entire traceback, if there is one. If there is no traceback, explain why you think there is an error:

- what data did you use?
- what results did you expect?
- what results did you get?
- what reason do you have for saying that it is a bug in Python rather than a bug in your own code?

This code derived from the blurry image

lst = ['malaysian', 'malayalam', 'aaaaaaaaa']
ip = input('word ')
li = len(ip)
miss = 0
for word in lst:
    if len(word) == li:
        for j in range(li-1):  # skip last because of lookahead
            if word[j] != ip[j] and word[j+1] != ip[j]:
                 miss += 1
        if miss < li/2:
            print(word)

run with 3.8.0b4 on Win10 in IDLE prints the expected output.

word malayalam
malaysian
malayalam

I leave it to you to find out why you got something different and to play with variations. Please direct any questions to python-list or similar forums, as they will almost certainly be off-topic here.  And do follow the advice about question format and providing code as text.

Steven, the code ran without error in PyCharm, but gave no matches.  I presume that the 'error' was not matching 'malaysian' even though the miss count 4 is less than 4.5.  I must have corrected something when reading the blurs and polishing the code.