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Python Introducing Lists Build an Application Multidimensional Musical Groups

David Garcia
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David Garcia
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Posted by David Garcia
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David Garcia
Python Development Techdegree Graduate 11,254 Points

im doing something slightly different?

i must be doing something wrong but what could it be

groups.py 
musical_groups = [
    ["Ad Rock", "MCA", "Mike D."],
    ["John Lennon", "Paul McCartney", "Ringo Starr", "George Harrison"],
    ["Salt", "Peppa", "Spinderella"],
    ["Rivers Cuomo", "Patrick Wilson", "Brian Bell", "Scott Shriner"],
    ["Chuck D.", "Flavor Flav", "Professor Griff", "Khari Winn", "DJ Lord"],
    ["Axl Rose", "Slash", "Duff McKagan", "Steven Adler"],
    ["Run", "DMC", "Jam Master Jay"],
]
# Your code here
print(musical_groups)
for group in musical_groups:
    groups = ", ".join(group)

2 Answers

Eric M
Eric M
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Eric M
Eric M
11,545 Points

We want to print the groups one by one, not just run print(musical groups)

Your loop already creates a string groups of each group in musical_groups, but that string is overwritten everytime the loop runs

So, to print out each string, just do it at the end of the loop (before the loop runs again and string groups changes to be a join of the next group

i.e.

for group in musical_groups:
        groups = ", ".join(group)
        print(groups)
Eric M
Eric M
11,545 Points
Eric M
Eric M
11,545 Points

Hi David,

You've got the right idea with your loop!

Each time you loop through you're reassigning what's in the string groups to be the joined list group contained in the list of lists musical_groups, so move your print statement inside the loop, and do the print of the joined string after it gets created. Each time the loop runs it will reassign what's in that string, then print it out.

Cheers,

Eric