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Python Python Basics (Retired) Shopping List Lists and Strings

David Fry
David Fry
13,267 Points

How come this does not pass the test on part 4

I am having problems with part 4 on this code challenge.

greeting_list.py
full_name = "David Fry"
name_list = full_name.split()
greeting_list = "Hi, I'm".split() + name_list
greeting = " ".join(greeting_list)

2 Answers

You created a list called name_list that looks like ['David', 'Fry']. The challenge is expecting "Hi, I'm David". To accomplish this, access the first item in name_list via an index. In this case, 'David' is the first item in name_list, so you would access it via name_list[0].

greeting_list = "Hi, I'm".split() + name_list[0]
Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,428 Points

You are adding your entire name_list to greeting_list. So your first and last name is present.