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Python Functional Python Functional Workhorses Filter

nakalkucing
nakalkucing
12,964 Points
Posted by nakalkucing
nakalkucing
12,964 Points

Filter Challenge Task 2 of 2 Bummer: dt_2012 isn't a filter!

I am completely stuck on this challenge. I know my task 1 code doesn't allow dt_2012 to filter through anything, but I can't figure out how to make it filter friendly.

Here are the instructions:

Task 1: Write a function named is_2012 that accepts a single argument and returns whether that argument's year attribute is equal to 2012.

Task 2: Now create a variable named dt_2012 that uses filter() and is_2012 to return only the datetimes from dates that are from the year 2012.

Thanks in advance! :)

filters.py 
import datetime

dates = [
    datetime.datetime(2012, 12, 15),
    datetime.datetime(1987, 8, 20),
    datetime.datetime(1965, 2, 28),
    datetime.datetime(2015, 4, 29),
    datetime.datetime(2012, 6, 30),
]

def is_2012(argument):
    if argument.year == 2012:
        return True

def dt_2012(dates):
    return filter(is_2012, dates)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

Note that instruction say "Now create a variable named dt_2012 ..."

You're calling the filter function correctly, but you're defining another function named "dt_2012" instead of creating a variable with that name and assigning the filter result to it.

nakalkucing
nakalkucing
12,964 Points
nakalkucing
nakalkucing
12,964 Points

Thanks Steven Parker! I can't believe I missed that. :D