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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Shopping List Take Three

vikas Rai
vikas Rai
9,703 Points
Posted by vikas Rai
vikas Rai
9,703 Points

When i am pressing ENTER or characters to put the item the in the end then i am getting error.

Here is your list:

  1. coke
    at which position you want to put this item?
    press ENTER if you want to put this item at the end
    > fdhfhf
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "l.py", line 66, in <module>
    add_to_list(new_item)
    File "l.py", line 34, in add_to_list
    whole_list.insert(position-1,item)
    TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for -: 'str' and 'int'

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vikas Rai
vikas Rai
9,703 Points
vikas Rai
vikas Rai
9,703 Points

Sorry guys, there was an typing error in my code:

else: position=0 try: position=abs(int(position)) except ValueError: ** postion = None if position is not None: whole_list.insert(position-1,item) else: whole_list.append(item) display_order()