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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Tuples Combo

Prisca Egbua
Prisca Egbua
1,167 Points
Posted by Prisca Egbua
Prisca Egbua
1,167 Points

what am I doing wrong, please?

I want to return a list of tuples

combo.py 
# combo([1, 2, 3], 'abc')
# Output:
# [(1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c')]

def combo(a_list,some_string):
    for a in a_list:
        for b in some_string:
        print("{},{}".format(a,b))

combo([1,2,3],"abc")

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

You say you "want to return a list of tuples", but this code isn't returning anything at all, yet!

Additional hints:

  • you won't need to "print" anything
  • you only need to define the function, you don't need to call it yourself