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Python Python Basics (Retired) Shopping List Lists and Strings

Jim Bowker
Jim Bowker
2,349 Points
Posted by Jim Bowker
Jim Bowker
2,349 Points

Im's stuck on challenge 4/4 on shopping list. I have first 3 lines correct.

Bummer! NameError: name 'greeting' is not defined | x = y I know it probally means I haven't set a value for x or y variables. Can you give me a nudge in the right direction? Thanks

greeting_list.py 
full_name = "James Romily Bowker Jr"
name_list = full_name .split(" ")
greeting_list = "Hi, I'm James Romily Bowker Jr".split(" ")
greeting_list[name_list] = name_list[full_name]

2 Answers

Jim Bowker
Jim Bowker
2,349 Points
Jim Bowker
Jim Bowker
2,349 Points

I must be lost, or maybe my headache I changed to this. I'm sure it's something simple I'm over looking. full_name = "James Romily Bowker Jr" name_list = full_name .split(" ") greeting_list = "Hi, I'm James Romily Bowker Jr".split(" ") greeting = greeting_list .join() output = Bummer! AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'join'

Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Lists don't have a .join() method, strings do. You provide what you want between each item in the string, and then the list. So, if you wanted greeting_list to be joined together with an underscore, you'd use "_".join(greeting_list).