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Python

Posted by Dimitrios Exarchos
Dimitrios Exarchos
893 Points

This should work

where is the problem here?

instances.py 
def combiner(list)

strings = []
numbers = []

for item in list:
    if  isinstance(item, str):
        strings.append(item)
    elif isinstance (item, (float, int)):
        numbers.append(item)
    else:
        continue

strstring= str("".join(strings))
numstring = str(sum(numbers))

return(strstring+numstring)

1 Answer

Christian Mangeng
Christian Mangeng
15,970 Points
Christian Mangeng
Christian Mangeng
15,970 Points

Hi Dimitrios,

you are on the right track, but:

1) the body of the function needs to be inside the function (so add indentation)

2) don't forget to add a colon after def combiner(list)

3) "".join(strings) already returns a string, so a string conversion is not necessary anymore.