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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Combining Lists

Tadeáš Firich
Tadeáš Firich
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Posted by Tadeáš Firich
Tadeáš Firich
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Why my code doesn't work? :)

Hello dear team treehouse community I have tried to solve my problem but it does not work and i don't know why .

lists.py 
best = ['My','name','is']
best.extend(['Super','Man'])
best.insert(["start"])

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there! I received your request for assistance. You're doing great and made it through the first two steps with no problems. The problem lies on the final line. The insert method takes exactly 2 arguments. You've told it what to insert, but not where to insert it. Also, you've told it to insert a list containing one string element. But what we want to insert is simply a string. Take a look:

best.insert(0,"start")

This will insert the string "start" at the 0 index of the best list. Remember, that indexes start counting from 0.

Hope this helps! :sparkles:

Tadeáš Firich
Tadeáš Firich
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Tadeáš Firich
Tadeáš Firich
7,866 Points

Thank you very much Jennifer.