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Joshua Wassing
2,069 PointsHow am I supposed to make my 'name_list's first item replace 'greeting_list's item that has the value of 'Treehouse'?
I think I am approaching it from the wrong way, but it seems to make sense the way I currently have it. How I've written it, the 'greeting_list' item on the 3rd index (Treehouse) should be getting replaced by the first item of 'name_list'. Am I missing Something?
full_name = "Joshua Wassing"
name_list = list(full_name.split())
greeting_list = list("Hi, I'm a Treehouse".split())
greeting_list[3] = name_list[0]
4 Answers
Max Hirsh
16,773 PointsRemember that in programming, indexing starts at 0 and goes up from there. You are on the right track though!
rydavim
18,813 PointsWelcome to Treehouse!
You have the right idea, and there's nothing really 'wrong' with your code. However, challenges want very specific things usually. In this case, I think the problem is that you've added an 'a' into their given sentence. I think if you remove that, and change the index value accordingly, you should be good to go.
full_name = "Joshua Wassing"
name_list = list(full_name.split())
greeting_list = list("Hi, I'm Treehouse".split()) # removed an 'a'
greeting_list[2] = name_list[0] # changed index value to 2 due to removal
Max Hirsh
16,773 PointsHi there, are we allowed to give the answer in forum replies now?
rydavim
18,813 Pointsmh42 - Generally posting stand-alone answers, or posting solutions without any explanation is frowned upon. However, I don't believe there's any reason not to post valid code, as long as you're not negatively impacting another student's learning.
In this case, the original code is already selecting by index correctly. However, the challenge wants very specific strings, so adding words can cause problems even if the code concepts are correct.
I don't think you should feel like you 'can't' ever post code examples, just make sure that you're explaining what you're doing. Thank you for participating in the forums!
Max Hirsh
16,773 PointsOk great, good to know, thanks!
Joshua Wassing
2,069 PointsAh, was able to see my mistake. Thanks for the help everybody!
Andreas cormack
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,011 PointsHi Joshua
Just one thing i thought i would mention. I notice that you are converting full_name.split() to a list like so list(full_name.split()). This is not required as the split method when called on the string class creates a list for you, it splits on spaces unless you specify another delimeter.
so the same code code have been written like this.
full_name = "Joshua Wassing"
name_list = full_name.split()
greeting_list = "Hi, I'm Treehouse".split() # removed an 'a'
greeting_list[2] = name_list[0] # changed index value to 2 due to removal