Screen Link: https://app.dataquest.io/m/331/python-data-analysis-basics/3/converting-ages-to-decades
My Code:
decades = []
decade=[]
age = []
for age in final_ages:
if age == 'Unknown':
decade.append(age)
else:
decade.append(str(age))
for decade in decades:
decade=decade[:-1] + '0s'
decades.append(decade)
What I expected to happen:
What actually happened:
Replace this line with the output/error
Hi @yiiiija next time please check these guidelines before posting a technical question
Iām not sure what you need help with in the above code.
It basically checks if age given in final_ages is unknown or not. If it is unknown the string value is appended to the previously empty age list. If the age is any other value other than unknown, it will be converted into a string and appended to age list.
The second for loop adds the string ā0sā at the end of the value stored in decade and updates its own value. This updated value is then appended to decades` list.
Please let me know what exactly is your doubt in this.
Hi @jithins123. Thanks for quick replay and apologizes for my not friendly postā¦ 
its my first postā¦
I understand my code, so then, why donāt pass through? (task 331.3 on āPython Data Analysis Basicā)
Thank you!
Hi @yiiiija,
This is your last for loop that is wrong. Try:
for d in decade:
_str = d[:-1] + '0s'
decades.append(_str)
Now with your loop, ā0sā is added to all [decades]ā¦ which is wrongā¦
I didnāt refer to the course (you didntā put the link), so I donāt know what the good result should be.
I have just reproduced your code removing the syntax error. Look at your initial for loop:
for decade in decades:
decade=decade[:-1] + '0s'
decades.append(decade)
First, when you do this, decades list is empty. Second you want to iterate over decades using decade as a variable inside the for loop, but decade name is already used as a list before ! So I have deducted that you wanted more likely to iterate over decade and not over decades, and I have renamed d the variable inside the for loop. And this is why your lines:
decade=decade[:-1] + '0s'
decades.append(decade)
became:
_str=d[:-1] + '0s'
decades.append(_str)
Maybe this is not the good result indeed, but without refering to the course, hard to know !
Thank you again. I did refer to the specific task on mi 2 previous message:
Please, tell me. Why my code (or yours) doesnt work in the indicated task ?
Itās basically impossible to find the course like that. Please open the course and just provide the link of your browser.
Hi @yiiiija,
But your decades list is empty by the moment you start your second for-loop! Practically, you are iterating through an empty list:
decades = []
decade=[]
age = []
for age in final_ages:
if age == 'Unknown':
decade.append(age)
else:
decade.append(str(age))
for decade in decades:
decade=decade[:-1] + '0s'
decades.append(decade)
Why, by the way, do you need 2 different lists decade and decades? It will be more than enough only one. Try this:
decades = []
for age in final_ages:
if age == "Unknown":
decade = age
else:
decade = str(age)[:-1] + "0s"
decades.append(decade)
I got it with the link to the course:
decades = []
age = []
for age in final_ages:
if age == 'Unknown':
decade='Unknown'
else:
decade=str(age)[:-1] + "0s"
decades.append(decade)
Indeed in the course instructions itās said decade should be a variable, not a list. No need to have 2 lists here.
Thank you very much, Im newly, will try moreā¦
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