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Python Python Basics (Retired) Shopping List Lists and Strings

Posted by Herbert Showalter
Herbert Showalter
1,514 Points

Python Challenge

What is wrong with this code, or am I trying to write it in the console, not the editor.

greeting_list.py 
full_name = 'Herbert Showalter'

name_list = [Herbert, Showalter]

name_list.split ()

2 Answers

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi there,

The first quesion ask for Create a variable named full_name that holds your full name. That's as you have done:

full_name = "Steve Hunter"

Then, it asks Make another variable named name_list that holds your full name in list form, split on the spaces. Don't create name_list manually, use split!

So you call the split method on your full_name variable and assign that into the new variable, name_list: 

full_name = "Steve Hunter"
name_list = full_name.split()

I hope that helps.

Steve.

elhadji kebe
elhadji kebe
7,853 Points
elhadji kebe
elhadji kebe
7,853 Points

it should be: full_name = 'Herbert Showalter'

name_list = full_name.split()