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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Tuples Combo

Posted by Andrew McLane
Andrew McLane
3,385 Points

Why does code not work in challenge?

My code works in workspaces, but does not pass the challenge criteria for some reason, even though I get the exact output the challenge is looking for.

combo.py 
# combo([1, 2, 3], 'abc')
# Output:
# [(1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c')]

def combo(iterable1,iterable2):
    my_list = []
    index = 0
    for iterable in iterable1:
        new_list = [iterable1[index],iterable2[index]]
        my_list.append(new_list)
        index += 1
    return my_list

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

Maybe you're not getting the exact output the challenge asked for. The instructions say "Your function should return a list of tuples." And that's underlined in the challenge like that (but I would have added it otherwise).

Anyway, you're creating little lists instead of tuples and adding them to the big list. Lists are identified by brackets "[]" and tuples by parentheses "()". Optionally, you could rename "new_list" to "new_tuple" but it will work just as well with any name as long as it contains a tuple.