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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Creating lists

Posted by Eswar Ambati
Eswar Ambati
890 Points

Why am I getting an error?

I don't know why I am getting an error when there are 6 items in the list....

lists.py 
my_list = [1, 2, 3, 'World']
second_list = ["World", "Hi"]
my_list += second_list

1 Answer

Dima Mykhaylov
Dima Mykhaylov
19,379 Points

I think the issue is you need 3 numbers two strings and one list and you only have 3 numbers one string and one list. Try adding another string and instead of "+=" use the append method. Also a list of two items is interpreted as one item.

This code should work

my_list = [1, 2, 3,"string", "World"]
second_list = ["World", "Hi"]
my_list.append(second_list)
Eswar Ambati
Eswar Ambati
890 Points

Thank you! So it was just a problem with the understanding of the question then my bad!!