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Python Introducing Lists Build an Application Multidimensional Musical Groups

Posted by Alwen Nyikadzanzwa
Alwen Nyikadzanzwa
1,541 Points

please help I am stuck on this question

Iam failing to get the expected outcome, only the last list is coming out on my output, where am I getting it wrong

groups.py 
musical_groups = [
    ["Ad Rock", "MCA", "Mike D."],
    ["John Lennon", "Paul McCartney", "Ringo Starr", "George Harrison"],
    ["Salt", "Peppa", "Spinderella"],
    ["Rivers Cuomo", "Patrick Wilson", "Brian Bell", "Scott Shriner"],
    ["Chuck D.", "Flavor Flav", "Professor Griff", "Khari Winn", "DJ Lord"],
    ["Axl Rose", "Slash", "Duff McKagan", "Steven Adler"],
    ["Run", "DMC", "Jam Master Jay"],
]
# Your code here

for group in musical_groups:
        a=(", ").join(group)
print(a)

2 Answers

Antony .
Antony .
2,824 Points
Antony .
Antony .
2,824 Points

Indent your print function to the same position as your " a " variable, so it should look like this:

for group in musical_groups:
        a=(", ").join(group)
        print(a)
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

Anthony's right that it is an indentation issue, the current placement of the "print" statement causes it to be outside of the conditional block. But it also looks like the assignment is indented one step too much. So the correct indentation would actually be:

for group in musical_groups:
    a = ", ".join(group)
    print(a)

I also adjusted the styling of the assignment statement to conform to PEP8 recommendations.

You could also eliminate the variable entirely and just print the expression directly:

for group in musical_groups:
    print(", ".join(group))