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Frances Angulo
5,311 Pointsisinstance challenge
I can't think of how to relate the recent content to this challenge. When I look through the questions asked and solutions presented by students there are a lot of concepts that I don't think I've been exposed to yet. Can I get some direction on this?
the_list = ["apple", 5.2, "dog", 8]
def combiner(inventory):
for item in the_list:
print(item)
combiner(the_list)
1 Answer
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,970 PointsYou have an OK start but maybe this will help you get going:
- Your parameter is
inventoryso you should iterate over that instead ofthe_list - Go through this quick tutorial on isinstance
- Inside the function create two variables: one for numbers and one for strings
- Since isinstance returns true or false you could use if conditions to determine if you have a number or string while iterating
- Depending on the result update your variables; concatenation for strings or addition for numbers. Hint
+=can be used for both with different results depending on the variable type. - After your loop concatenate the two variables and return
Spencer Hurrle
3,128 PointsSpencer Hurrle
3,128 PointsWhy don't we use *args for this? Would that also work as the argument? I thought if Kenneth was giving us a list as an argument, the argument would have to be *args... I am so confused!