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Python Functional Python Functional Workhorses Filter

Posted by Olivia Cooksey
Olivia Cooksey
5,284 Points

Please help for challenge task 2 of 2.

Need help finding a solution.

filters.py 
import datetime

dates = [
    datetime.datetime(2012, 12, 15),
    datetime.datetime(1987, 8, 20),
    datetime.datetime(1965, 2, 28),
    datetime.datetime(2015, 4, 29),
    datetime.datetime(2012, 6, 30),
]

def is_2012(argument):
    if argument.year == 2012:
        return True

def dt_2012(dates):
    return filter(is_2012, dates)
results = filter(dt_2012, iterable)

1 Answer

Rohald van Merode
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Rohald van Merode
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Rohald van Merode
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Rohald van Merode
Treehouse Staff

Hi Olivia Cooksey 👋

The challenge asks you to create a variable named dt_2012 while in the snippet you're creating a second function 🙂

If you convert the function over to become a variable your code should pass the tests as expected 😃

dt_2012 = filter(is_2012, dates)

Hope this helps!