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Python

Posted by Kyle Randolph
Kyle Randolph
2,587 Points

Challenge Task: Object-Oriented Python...Not sure what I'm doing wrong

Hey folks! I'm working to understand why I'm getting errors with this challenge. The script below works fine in my environment and is using the isinstance command to verify each item provided in the list and then combines the item based on type (str, int, float). Any ideas on what the challenge is looking for that I'm missing?

instances.py 
def combiner(list):
    text = ""
    numbers = 0
    for i in list:
        if isinstance(i,str):
            text += i
        elif isinstance(i,(int,float)):
            numbers += i
        else:
            print("unexpected type, please provide int, str, or float.")
            break
    output = str(text) + str(numbers)
    print(type(output))
    print(output)

2 Answers

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,972 Points

Usually it is best to only to do what the challenge asks. Sometimes things like extra print statements can cause a challenge to fail. However in your case the challenge fails because you are asked to return the string which you haven't done.

Kyle Randolph
Kyle Randolph
2,587 Points
Kyle Randolph
Kyle Randolph
2,587 Points

Thanks for that! I was just reviewing other answers and was missing that it said return... I just updated my code to return output instead of print. Thanks!