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Python Python Basics (Retired) Shopping List Lists and Strings

Joshua Bivens
Joshua Bivens
8,586 Points
Posted by Joshua Bivens
Joshua Bivens
8,586 Points

What am I doing wrong?

full_name = "Marty McFly"
name_list = str.split(full_name)
greeting_list = str.split("Hi, I'm X")
greeting_list[2] = name_list[0]
greeting = str.join(greeting_list)

won't work. I keep getting "Task 1 is no longer passing."

2 Answers

Dave McFarland
STAFF
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher
Dave McFarland
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher

Hi Joshua Bivens

To split a string in Python you use the split() method on the string like this:

full_name.split()

or

"Hi, I'm X".split()
Adam Tatusko
Adam Tatusko
16,589 Points
Adam Tatusko
Adam Tatusko
16,589 Points

Last line of code should be

greeting = " ".join(greeting_list)