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Python

tomtrnka
tomtrnka
9,780 Points
Posted by tomtrnka
tomtrnka
9,780 Points

Cant get past this challenge. No way to debug!

def combiner(mylist=[]):
    number_sum = 0
    string_line = ""
    for item in mylist:
        if isinstance(item, str):
            string_line += item
        elif:
            isinstance(item, (float, int)):
                number_sum += item
    return string_line + str(number_sum)

This was my first attempt, but no success ... keeps saying Bummer... I looked through "Get help" at one response and I changed my code to this:

def combiner(mylist=[]):
    numbers = []
    strings = []
    for item in mylist:
        if isinstance(item, str):
            strings.append(item)
        elif:
            isinstance(item, (float, int)):
                numbers.append(item)
    string_line = "".join(strings)
    numbers_sum = sum(numbers)
    return string_line + str(numbers_sum)

But its still not working ... no idea where the problem is. It can be literally anywhere. I like Kenneth but I think he should really work on his exception descriptions cause from "Bummer: Try again!" I really cant tell wheres the problem. Last time I was doing different challenge and I had bad indentation at one line of code...and it just keeps saying Bummer... its really frustrating when you have no means how to deal with this.

1 Answer

Pedro Cabral
Pedro Cabral
33,586 Points

Almost there. This is not correct syntax:

elif:
            isinstance(item, (float, int)):

it should read:

elif isinstance(item, (float, int)):

your code will then pass.