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Tobiasz Lorenc
3,757 PointsHello again, i have problem with end my code
Alright, here's a fun task!
Create a function named combiner that takes a single argument, which will be a list made up of strings and numbers.
Return a single string that is a combination of all of the strings in the list and then the sum of all of the numbers. For example, with the input ["apple", 5.2, "dog", 8], combiner would return "appledog13.2". Be sure to use isinstance to solve this as I might try to trick you.
Bummer: Didn't get the expected output
def combiner(*args):
sums = 0
words = ""
for arg in args:
if isinstance(arg,str) == True:
words += arg
elif isinstance(arg,float) == True:
sums += arg
elif isinstance(arg,int) == True:
sums += arg
answer=words+str(sums)
return(answer)
1 Answer
Unsubscribed User
8,947 PointsThe input provided by the challenge is a list, not multiple arguments. For this challenge, there is no need to (and you shouldn't) unpack with *.
With your code, you expect: combiner("apple", 5.2, "dog", 8).
But what you actually get is: combiner(["apple", 5.2, "dog", 8]).
James Joseph
4,885 PointsJames Joseph
4,885 PointsWhat Simon said, also you could make this less lines of code by only using one elif statement: