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Python Python Basics (Retired) Shopping List Lists and Strings

Posted by Andy Christie
Andy Christie
1,361 Points

Create a variable named full_name that holds your full name. Make another variable named name_list that holds your full.

Hi this is the question.

Create a variable named full_name that holds your full name. Make another variable named name_list that holds your full name as a list, split on the spaces. Don't create name_list manually!

I don't fully understand this, please help.

greeting_list.py 
full_name = ("Adolf Percy Hitler")
name_list = []

   name_list.split():

2 Answers

Chris Adamson
Chris Adamson
132,143 Points
Chris Adamson
Chris Adamson
132,143 Points

To create a list from the full_name, simply call split on the string full_name:

full_name = ("Adolph Percy Hitler") full_name 'Adolph Percy Hitler' name_list = full_name.split() name_list ['Adolph', 'Percy', 'Hitler'] type(name_list) <type 'list'>

Andy Christie
Andy Christie
1,361 Points

thanks bro, i've done it now.

James Simshaw
James Simshaw
28,738 Points
James Simshaw
James Simshaw
28,738 Points

Hello,

Currently, you are trying to split the name_list. What you're wanting to be doing is splitting your full_name and storing those results in the name_list. Please let us know if this helps or if you need more assistance and we can help you further. Also, if you're needing more assistance, please provide your updated code so that we can help you from your current setup.

Also, you shouldn't need parenthesis around the string literal for your full name.