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Python Python Basics (Retired) Shopping List Lists and Strings

Posted by Graeme Young
Graeme Young
7,638 Points

Task 3 problem with greeting_list and full_name

Hi, with the python code below, I'm having problems how to change the greeting_list with the full_name - 

"Hi I'm <"Your first name">

full_name = "Graeme Young"

name_list = ["Graeme", "Young"]

greeting_list = "Hi, I'm []".full_name

I hope someone could help me with this?

Many thanks, Graeme

2 Answers

Miguel de Luis Espinosa
Miguel de Luis Espinosa
41,279 Points

Hi Graeme, let's recap

full_name is a variable holding a string "Graeme Young"

name_list is a variable holding a list composed of 2 strings "Graeme" and "Young"

greeting_list is a variable that, I guess, should contain a string, but you are assigning the value "Hi, I'm []" and then you are trying to use full_name as if it were a method. So Python is confused.

name_list[0] contains Your first name, see if you can fix your third line with that

Kenneth Love
STAFF
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

greeting_list should be a list made from a string using .split() (the same goes for name_list). Then you'll want to use the index of the last item in greeting_list to change what's in that spot with what's in the first index spot of your name_list.