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James Perih
4,184 PointsValueError: zero length field name in format
What, exactly, does "string version of the list" really mean? My code works as expected in my own python3 interpreter... but doesn't work in this quiz? There must be inputs that I'm not understanding.
My code:
def add_list(list):
result = 0
for list_item in list:
result = result + list_item
return result
def summarize(list):
string_version = "{}".format(list)
sum_of_parts = add_list(list)
return "The sum of {} is {}".format(string_version, sum_of_parts)
2 Answers
Stone Preston
42,016 Pointshmm I think that should work. your code looks correct. TTH has been having some issues with the challenges today so that could be it. I tried a few different ways of converting the list to a string such as:
string_version = str(list)
and that didnt work either.
just used repli.it to run your code. I called the function and it output correctly.
below is what I used:
def add_list(list):
result = 0
for list_item in list:
result = result + list_item
return result
def summarize(list):
string_version = "{}".format(list)
sum_of_parts = add_list(list)
return "The sum of {} is {}.".format(string_version, sum_of_parts)
print(summarize([1,2,3]))
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherYeah, your code looks fine. Seems we're having some CC issues today.
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherKenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherJust checked your code and it passes the first step of the CC. You're missing one tiny bit of punctuation before you can pass the second step.