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Gabriel Reed
560 Pointsfrom the video regarding indexes- what in gods name is alpha_list = list(alpha)?
I'm pulling my hair out trying to understand this part of the video. You guys must just assume we'll move on when we don't understand something- I CAN'T. I must understand this ridiculous bit of random code that he just glazes right over as though it's some sort of weird syntax.
If it's just a variable, why doesn't he call it my_variable, if it's a freaking list, call it my_list. We're desperately trying to understand the rules here- you have to explain everything you do. Also, we don't need to be shown the wrong way to do something in every video.
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behar
10,800 PointsHey Gabriel! I am not sure which video you are talking about, and so it is hard to help, could you please provide a link to the video you are reffering to? However, it seems to me that he is just creating a variable called alpha_list and assigning it to list(alpha). This will turn whatever is stored in the variable "alpha" into a list.
Gabriel Reed
560 PointsI figured it out, thank you.
behar
10,800 PointsGood job Gabriel! You can mark the question as "solved" by sellecting a "best answer".