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Python

Posted by Aaron Banerjee
Aaron Banerjee
6,876 Points

shopping list 3 error 

    posistion = abs(int(posistion))
  except ValueError:
    position = None
  if posistion is not None:
    shopping_list.insert(posistion-1,item)
  else: 
    shopping_list.append(item)
    show_list()

workspaces is saying there is an issue with the line 'shopping_list.insert(posistion-1,item) ' because unsupported operand type for -: 'str and int can someone please help me figure this out

3 Answers

Andrey Misikhin
Andrey Misikhin
16,529 Points
Andrey Misikhin
Andrey Misikhin
16,529 Points

Show all listing and use markdown to format your code on the page.

Aaron Banerjee
Aaron Banerjee
6,876 Points
Aaron Banerjee
Aaron Banerjee
6,876 Points

here it is

Andrey Misikhin
Andrey Misikhin
16,529 Points
Andrey Misikhin
Andrey Misikhin
16,529 Points

If this is full listing, then problem may be in using two different variables: position and posiStion.