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Python

Posted by danielchristie
danielchristie
21,505 Points

What am I doing wrong here? My solution produces the anticipated outcome as depicted in the example...

My code produces exactly what was described in the example. I am not sure what the stupid test thingy was expecting. It is so obtuse as it only excepts a specific solution despite the fact that there may be multiple ways to write a solution.

Any ideas what this test is expecting to see?

instances.py 
myStr = ["apple", 5.2, "dog", 8]

def combiner(myStr):
    strList = []
    numList = []
    strSum = ''
    numSum = ''
    finalWord = ''
    for i in myStr:
        if type(i) == str:
            strList.append(i)
        if type(i) == int or type(i) == float:
            numList.append(i)
    strSum = strSum.join(strList)
    numSum = sum(numList)
    finalWord = "{}{}".format(strSum,numSum)

    return finalWord

1 Answer

danielchristie
danielchristie
21,505 Points
danielchristie
danielchristie
21,505 Points

Never mind, it was very specific. It only excepted me to use isinstance() in the solution.

def combiner(myStr):
    strList = []
    numList = []
    strSum = ''
    numSum = ''
    finalWord = ''
    for i in myStr:
        if isinstance(i,str):
            strList.append(i)
        if isinstance(i,int) or isinstance(i,float):
            numList.append(i)
    strSum = strSum.join(strList)
    numSum = sum(numList)
    finalWord = "{}{}".format(strSum,numSum)

    return finalWord