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Python Python Basics (Retired) Shopping List Lists and Strings

Posted by Ryan Ferguson
Ryan Ferguson
4,786 Points

I cannot for the life of me figure out how to make this greeting variable.

I've tried a few ways and even asked someone who was pretty familiar with Python and we couldn't figure out what it wanted. Anyone mind helping out? Been stuck on it for days.

greeting_list.py 
full_name = "Ryan Ferguson"
name_list = full_name.split()

greeting_list = "Hi, I'm X".split()

greeting = " ".join(greeting_list[0,1] + name_list[0])

2 Answers

Andreas cormack
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Andreas cormack
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,011 Points

Hi Ryan

I did it like this 

full_name = "Ryan Ferguson"
name_list = full_name.split()

greeting_list = "Hi, I'm X".split()

greeting = " ".join(greeting_list).replace("X", name_list[0])
Ryan Ferguson
Ryan Ferguson
4,786 Points

This worked for me. Thanks, Andreas!

I'm a little confused though because I don't recall the replace() function being taught in the courses leading up to this challenge, unless I overlooked it, which would explain a lot. =P

Thanks again!

Charlie L.
Charlie L.
10,120 Points
Charlie L.
Charlie L.
10,120 Points

Just to help you debug your original code. You want to be careful about how list splicing works.

list[start:stop:step] in which the stopped part is not included.

Right now the greeting variable outputs: "Hi, Ryan" instead of "Hi, I'm Ryan"

Ryan Ferguson
Ryan Ferguson
4,786 Points

Just out of curiosity, how come my calling of those indexed elements in variable "greeting_list[0,1]" didn't work to pull in everything but the "X"?