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Python

Can anyone explain this alpha_list=list('abcde')

Getting error Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'list' object is not callable

When I run your line: alpha_list = list('abcde') I do not see an error.

alpha_list will look like this: ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'] Each character from the string "abcde" was added to a list as a distinct item in the list.

On the other hand, if you are trying to put the whole string "abcde" into a list without separating the individual characters, you can try calling the .split() method on the string. Or, you could assign a variable to an empty list and then append the string "abcde" to it.

Which exercise or challenge are you working on?

1 Answer

I am on list deletion tutorial But i thought he is typecasting string as list