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Nancy Melucci
Courses Plus Student 35,157 PointsNeed some feedback. Why doesn't this work?
The "Bummer. Try again" response tells me nothing about how to fix this so I can get past the exercise. I really wish it would at least provide a hint. I hope someone will respond. I understand the principles here, so it's frustrating to be stuck on something that is apparently very simple.
import os
def absolute(path, root):
if os.path.isabs(path) == False
path.prepend(root)
return path
3 Answers
Steven Parker
229,732 PointsHere's a few hints:
- "if" statements should end with a colon (":")
- strings don't have a "prepend" method (you might try using concatenation with the "+" operator)
- strings are immutable and string operations must be assigned to a variable to be retained
Nancy Melucci
Courses Plus Student 35,157 PointsCrap. I left the colon off. That was all it was. I've been working with multiple languages and these things occasionally get past me. Thanks for the help. D'oh.
Steven Parker
229,732 PointsWait .. that "prepend" method works?
Nancy Melucci
Courses Plus Student 35,157 PointsNo sorry. I changed that too. It didn't notice that the site started me on step 1 of 2. I changed the prepend to concatenation to pass Step 2.
Steven Parker
229,732 PointsThought maybe they'd snuck in a new method on me for a moment.
