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Python

Posted by Daniel Chikaka
Daniel Chikaka
737 Points

Python: Shopping List - List and Strings

In challenge Task 3 of 4 it says "Almost done! Now, swap the value of "Treehouse" in greeting_list to be the first item in your name_list variable."

here is my code:

full_name = "Daniel Chikaka"

name_list = full_name.split()

greeting_list = "Hi, I'm Treehouse".split()

name_list.insert(0,greeting_list[2])

but seems the last line of code is wrong but in python shell it works fine. How to add an item in the first position of a list? What is the correct answer for this task?

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,468 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,468 Points

In your code:

name_list.insert(0,greeting_list[2])

You are inserting the third item of greeting_list into the first position of name_list which results in

['Treehouse', 'Daniel', 'Chikaka']

Instead you want to do the reverse by replacing the third item in greeting_list with the first item of name_list

greeting_list[2] = name_list[0]

Daniel Chikaka
Daniel Chikaka
737 Points

ooh yes! i didn't pay attention to the word "swap" ...thanks