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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types List Creation

Posted by Fred Hinchcliffe
Fred Hinchcliffe
173 Points

why does this work when entered in the workspace but not in the quiz.

challenge to create a list called colors and add 5 things:

color = ['red, white, blue, yellow, green']

challenge response says i need to add more items.. not sure why..

lists.py 
colors = ["red, white, blue, yellow, green"]

1 Answer

Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,118 Points
Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,118 Points

You have created a list containing one long string. You want a list containing 5 separate strings. To do this, make sure you have quotation marks around each individual color, and have the separating commas outside quotation marks.