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alex novickis
34,894 Pointsquiz question-posed as copy a_list = [1,2,3] to new list
I would expect the answer to be
a_list2 = a_list[:] to make a copy of the a_list
but can't enter that a_list = a_list[:] would also make a new list in the same place, but that won't accept either
2 Answers
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 PointsThe question is not looking for an equation, rather it is only looking for the syntax of a copied string:
Fill in the blank below:</br>
a_list = [1, 2, 3]
a_list*[:]*
Copy the entire list with a slice.
Peregrine Edison-Lahm
1,811 PointsI agree with Alex. I wanted to enter "a_list2 = a_list[:]" also. You get a "copy" of the output to the screen when you just use "a_list[:]", but the question (and the topic of the second half of the lesson) seems to imply that we copy it into a new variable.
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 PointsSame for me when I originally took the quiz. Maybe time for feedback Kenneth Love: maybe the question can be reworded. Thanks!
Rafael Valera
8,401 PointsIt's kind of confusing actually when it says "copy"... I even thought making a new variable "a_list_new" and then the entire list with a slace like this a_list_new = a_list[:]