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Malcolm Aldrin Masumba
3,689 PointsPlease help me understand this question
One argument i have to take is it the list Or i just have to return the list
def combiner(self):
return print(["apple" + 7.9 + "snake" + 9])
1 Answer

Ken Stone
29,702 PointsYou need to create a function that accepts a list
Here the params parameter is a list
then for each item in the list determine if it's a string or a number
If it's a sting concat it with the other strings
if a number add it to the total
then finally return the concat of the string with the number coerced as a string
def combiner(params):
ret_val = ''
total = 0
for param in params:
if(isinstance(param, str)):
ret_val += param
else:
total += param
return ret_val + str(total)