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Ira Salem
10,331 PointsWhat am I doing wrong?
Can anybody tell me what's wrong with this code?
full_name = "Ira Salem"
name_list = list(full_name)
2 Answers
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 PointsHi, Ira, you need to use the split method to solve this problem
name_list = full_name.split(" ")
The when you call the list on a string, in your case, list(full_name), it'll return a list by split the string character by character ['I', 'r', 'a', ' ', 'S', 'a', 'l', 'e', 'm']. That's not quite what the question is asking for.
Ira Salem
10,331 PointsIt's crazy but I don't recall him ever showing that we could even use the .split method that way. Either that or I'm not taking very good notes. Thanks anyway. I'll give it a try soon as I get home.
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherHey Ira Salem. It's a couple of videos back but we definitely used .split() on a string.
Ira Salem
10,331 PointsPerhaps I should utilize the transcript portion more. I'll definitely go back and look.
Ira Salem
10,331 PointsIra Salem
10,331 PointsCreate a variable named full_name that holds your full name. Make another variable named name_list that holds your full name as a list, split on the spaces. Don't create name_list manually!