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3,296 PointsChallenge 2 of 3 in lists
Hi,
I have no clue on how to complete this challenge:
Create a variable named greeting_list that's the string "Hi, I'm X" split on the spaces.
6 Answers
cbcbcb
16,560 PointsHere is what I got.
I actually got stuck on this one as well. The questions wasn't worded very well in my opinion & I had trouble with Task 1 not passing once I got to Task 3.
I think what he meant when he referred to 'X' was actually the '{}' place holder for referencing variables to inject at run time.
full_name = input("What is your full name? ");
name_list = list(full_name.split());
greeting_list = "Hi, I'm {}".format(name_list[0]).split();
greeting = " ".join(greeting_list) + ".";
print(greeting);
Dave McFarland
Treehouse TeacherHi Deep Dhanak
You can split a string in Python like this:
"Hi, I'm X".split()
You just need to store that in a variable named greeting_list
Brent Hicks
10,783 PointsHey Deep,
I am not sure if you have solved this challenge. I had some trouble as well, so I broke down my answer for you. The questions is asking you to take your name_list and and add it to the "Hi, I'm X", then split the entire string up into a list again. So, in the first challenge you made a variable with your full name like so:
full_name = "brent hicks"
Then you were requested to split up that variable into a string. This requires the use of str.split() :
name_list= str.split(full_name)
In this challenge we are taking the list in name_list and adding it to the string "Hi, I'm {}" and turning it into a new list. To do this, we need to format the "Hi, I'm {}" string to take the name_list. We have to pass in the values that are contained in the list with [0]. After, we need to surround the list with a str.split() to make the entire value produce a brand new list:
greeting_list = str.split(("Hi, I'm {}").format(name_list[0]))
I hope this help, if you have not already passed this with the help from the comments above.
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherJust want to point out that you can split a string directly, like "hello there".split(). You don't need to go to the object's type, str.
Mark Long
15,763 PointsThis question makes no damn sense to me...
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherTake the string "Hi, I'm X", and split it on the spaces so it becomes a list. How do you split up a string into a list?
Mark Long
15,763 PointsI played with it on IDLE and finally got it. The question wasn't very clear to me at first.
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherI'd love any suggestions you have on how to clarify the question.
Lidija Novakovic
6,634 PointsYou are not alone... English is not my native tounge but the formulation of the question is odd. One example - Create a variable named greeting_list containing the string "Hi, I'm X" and split the string on the whitespaces.
Samuel Cyrus
6,567 Pointsthanks, was stuck on this section
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherKenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherYou don't need
input()since this isn't being run interactively. You should actually put your full name in the variable as a string.And for the
"Hi, I'm X"part, split that string on the spaces. That'll give you a list, which you should replace the last item of with the first item in yourname_listvariable.Ultimately, you'll end up with
greetingbeing "Hi, I'm Kenneth." (substitute your own name)