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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types List Creation

Tiberiu Gavris
Tiberiu Gavris
1,785 Points
Posted by Tiberiu Gavris
Tiberiu Gavris
1,785 Points

i get error in making the list. why?

What am I doing wrong?

lists.py 
colors = [alb, negru, rosu, maro, verde]

1 Answer

Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,120 Points
Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,120 Points

You need quotation marks around your colors for them to be valid strings. Either single or double is fine in Python:

'verde'
"verde"