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Python Python Basics (Retired) Shopping List Lists and Strings

Posted by Gokul Ravichandran
Gokul Ravichandran
209 Points

name_list query

name_list query

greeting_list.py 
full_name="gokul pradeep"
name_list=list(full_name).split()
David Yao
David Yao
116 Points

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2 Answers

Bryan Laraway
Bryan Laraway
13,366 Points

I'm assuming you are on Task 1 for the challenge. The issue here is that you don't need to declare full name as a list, as the .split() function will return the words as a list.

full_name="gokul pradeep"
name_list=full_name.split()
Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,468 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,468 Points

The issue in your current code is a list object does not have a method .split(). Strings have the method split() which returns a list of the split items. The default split is on whitespace.

Removing the list() wrapper from around full_name will fix this:

full_name = "gokul pradeep"
name_list = full_name.split()

In terms of style, in an assignment statement it is customary to add a space on both sides of an equals (=) sign