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Python Python Basics (Retired) Shopping List Lists and Strings

Posted by howard lawler
howard lawler
10,579 Points

Python Lists 4/4 challenge

I'm getting the following "Bummer" message:

Your greeting doesn't seem to be the right string! Got 'Hi, I'm Lank Treehouse', expected 'Hi, I'm Lank Treehouse'.

I can't see anything wrong. What am i missing?

greeting_list.py 
full_name = "Lank Goodness"
name_list = full_name.split()
greeting_list = "Hi, I'm a Treehouse".split()
greeting_list [2] = name_list [0]
greeting = " ".join(greeting_list)

2 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

Ha! You have the same error I had! You have an extra "a" in your greeting string. Change it to 

greeting_list = "Hi, I'm Treehouse".split()  # <-- removed 'a'
greeting_list [2] = name_list [0]  # <-- NOW 'Treehouse IS at index 2

I think in one of the video's the example string includes the "a", but the challenge does not.

howard lawler
howard lawler
10,579 Points

thanks!

Travis Bailey
Travis Bailey
13,675 Points
Travis Bailey
Travis Bailey
13,675 Points

Sorry had to delete my first two posts as I was completely wrong.

My code was very similar to yours and it passed. The only difference was I didn't have a space between the selector and the variable name on line 4. 

greeting_list[2] = name_list[0]