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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Tuples Combo

Joshua Howard
Joshua Howard
12,798 Points
Posted by Joshua Howard
Joshua Howard
12,798 Points

Confused on why this logic is not working.

I've looked up this question and honestly, I don't understand the working explanation or why mine simply doesn't work.

combo.py 
# combo([1, 2, 3], 'abc')
# Output:
# [(1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c')]

def combo(data1, data2):
    a_list = []
    for i in enumerate(data1):
        a_list += (data1[i], data2[i])

    return a_list

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

The "enumerate" function returns a sequence of tuples, which would not be suitable to use as indexes. You might consider using a "range" instead.

Also, when using the "+=" operator, the expression on the right should be a list. Or you could add a tuple directly using the "append" function.