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Addie Prinz
522 Pointshow do I replace a word in a variable?
I am trying to do the challenge task 3 for the shopping list. I am trying to replace Treehouse with my name
full_name = "Addie Mee Hee Prinz"
name_list = full_name.split(" ")
greeting_list = "Hi, I'm Treehouse".split(" ")
greeting_list[3] = full_name[0]
2 Answers
Orestis Pouliasis
5,561 PointsHere you go:
full_name = "Addie Prinz"
name_list = full_name.split()
greeting_list = "Hi, I'm Treehouse".split()
greeting_list[2] = name_list[0]
Joshua Ferdaszewski
12,716 Pointslists indexes start at 0. This can be tricky. Sometimes I find it helpful to write out the index for each element in a list. Use the Python interpreter to test out your code and pay close attention to the index of "Treehouse" and then take another look at this line of code: greeting_list[3] = full_name[0]
One other note, I don't remember this exact challenge, but you may be able to directly insert your name into the greeting_list string when you create it. The .format() method is very useful!
I hope that helps guide you in the correct direction (without giving away the answer ;), but if you have any other questions, ask away! I would love to help out. Good luck leaning Python!