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Python Python Basics (Retired) Shopping List Lists and Strings

Chris Parker
Chris Parker
1,391 Points
Posted by Chris Parker
Chris Parker
1,391 Points

Oops! It looks like Task 1 is no longer passing.

For the code below all is good up until stage 3 when I'm asked to "change "Treehouse" in greeting_list to the first item in your name_list variable." Doing this the way I have in the last line alters the values stored in the name_list variable resulting in Task 1 (which was to create the name_list variable with the specific values) to now fail.

Any suggestions on how to get round this?

full_name = "Christopher Parker"
name_list = list(full_name.split())

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

name_list[0]=greeting_list[2]
Philip Cox
Philip Cox
14,818 Points
Philip Cox
Philip Cox
14,818 Points

Hi, You don't need to use list and .split() together. This is probably the reason for your error.

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

Very close! but backwards: It's asking to change greeting_list by replacing the "Treehouse" with your first name (name_list[0]). See other comments on your code below:

full_name = "Christopher Parker"
name_list = full_name.split() # <-- split() returns list. No need to wrap with list()
greeting_list = "Hi, I'm TreeHouse".split()  # <-- parens around string not needed

greeting_list[2] = name_list[0] #<-- flipped so greetlng_list item gets changed
Chris Parker
Chris Parker
1,391 Points
Chris Parker
Chris Parker
1,391 Points

That did the trick! Thanks Chris + Phil for the help!