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Martin Yousif
509 Pointspython basics list says add more items
I'm trying to complete the challenge task 1 of 1 in the lists section of Python basics series. in that challenge it asks "Practice making a list, create a variable named colors and assign 5 colors to it" im entering colors= ["black, red, green, orange, blue"] and it keeps saying "add more items"
colors = ['blue, red, orange, green, purple']
1 Answer
Vidhya Sagar
1,568 PointsThe problem is where you have opened and closed the quotes .According to the complier you have a list which has only one string .You gotta do it like
colors = ['blue', 'red', 'orange', 'green', 'purple']
Martin Yousif
509 PointsMartin Yousif
509 Pointsthat makes sense, but i'm trying to do it exactly was instructed in the video. in the video, Kenneth creates a list as my_list = [1, 2, 3] why is this different?? Thank you for answering Vidhya!
Vidhya Sagar
1,568 PointsVidhya Sagar
1,568 PointsStrings have to be enclosed within quotes Martin. 1,2,3 are integers so quotes are not nessasary ,but colors are strings so quotes become mandatory .
Martin Yousif
509 PointsMartin Yousif
509 Pointsthat explains it all! sorry for the elementary question, still very new. I appreciate your quick response very much. Have a great New Year!