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Python Python Basics (Retired) Shopping List Lists and Strings

João Sulzbach
João Sulzbach
2,611 Points
Posted by João Sulzbach
João Sulzbach
2,611 Points

Challenge says "Try again", but in the Python command line it works just fine. Am I misunderstanding the instruction?

So, the code works just like it have to, but the challenge isn't accepting it. Why? Can someone help me?

greeting_list.py 
full_name = "João Frischenbruder Sulzbach"
name_list = full_name.split()

1 Answer

rydavim
rydavim
18,814 Points
rydavim
rydavim
18,814 Points

This is going to be kind of a lame answer, but the challenge doesn't seem to like the special character in your name. Sorry.

The following worked for me, so it seems like there's nothing wrong with your code.

full_name = "Joao Frischenbruder Sulzbach"
name_list = full_name.split()
João Sulzbach
João Sulzbach
2,611 Points
João Sulzbach
João Sulzbach
2,611 Points

Thanks for that! I'm feeling slightly dumb hahaahaha