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Python Python Basics (Retired) Shopping List Lists and Strings

Posted by Alec Burmeister
Alec Burmeister
1,627 Points

greeting_list challenge - stuck on Task 4

Here's my code...

full_name = "Alec Burmeister"
name_list = full_name.split()
greeting_list = "Hi, I'm Treehouse".split()

greeting_list[2] = name_list[0]

greeting = greeting_list.join()

I could swear this is what I'm being asked to do, and I don't know what could be the issue. If you could lighten the path on my mistake, I would really appreciate it!

greeting = greeting_list.join() is the error. the error is: It looks like Task 1 is no longer passing... or something. I understand what it's saying and all I just don't know why it's not passing when I do what i'm being asked to do.

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1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

Yes, the join() statement is the issue. Try:

greeting = ' '.join(greeting_list)

This says, "Use the string ' ' (a single space) to join the elements of the list greeting_list