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Python Python Basics (Retired) Shopping List Lists and Strings

David Fry
David Fry
13,267 Points
Posted by 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

Joe Cochran
Joe Cochran
18,249 Points

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 68,082 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,082 Points

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