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Python Python Basics (Retired) Shopping List Lists and Strings

Posted by Thomas Plans
Thomas Plans
1,198 Points

Please Help Me My Code Is Not Working!

full_name = "Thomas Plans" name_list = full_name.split() greeting = name_list [0] greeting_list = "Hi, I'm {}".format(greeting).split()

It says my greeting is not the right string!

greeting_list.py 
full_name = "Thomas Plans"
name_list = full_name.split()
greeting = name_list [0]
greeting_list = "Hi, I'm {}".format(greeting).split()

3 Answers

Daniel Johnson
Daniel Johnson
104,132 Points
Daniel Johnson
Daniel Johnson
104,132 Points

Your greeting variable should be equal to the joined string for greeting_list.

greeting_list.py 
full_name = "Thomas Plans"
name_list = full_name.split()
greeting_list = "Hi, I'm {}".format(name_list[0]).split()
greeting = " ".join(greeting_list)
Katelyn Ma
Katelyn Ma
1,065 Points
Katelyn Ma
Katelyn Ma
1,065 Points

Hi (: I'm not sure of the objective of your code, but it looks like you're trying to get it to say, "Hi, my name is Thomas?"

If so, then that would be:

full_name = "Thomas Plans"
name_list = full_name.split()
greeting = name_list[0]
print("Hi, I'm ",greeting)

If you're trying to do something else, let us know.

Aiman Hana
Aiman Hana
5,721 Points
Aiman Hana
Aiman Hana
5,721 Points

Try this code :

full_name = "Thomas Plans" name_list = full_name.split() greeting = name_list [0] greeting_list = "Hi, I'm {}".format(greeting).split() print(" ".join(greeting_list))