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Python Introducing Lists Build an Application Multidimensional Musical Groups

Elgene Ee
Elgene Ee
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Posted by Elgene Ee
Elgene Ee
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Musical Groups help!

Here is a multi-dimensional list of musical groups. The first dimension is group, the second is group members. Can you loop through each group and output the members joined together with a ", " comma space as a separator, please? I am unsure of what does the first dimension here mean, can anyone help me? If so which loop (for/while) should I use right here?

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

5 Answers

Alex Koumparos
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Alex Koumparos
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Alex Koumparos
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Alex Koumparos
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Hi Elgene,

Here is the video for multi-dimensional lists. In it you will see which is considered the first dimension.

You can make either kind of loop work here but generally speaking, for loops are better for situations where you know (or at least the loop knows) at the time of entering into the loop how many iterations you will have (i.e., you know the length of the thing you are iterating over at runtime). While loops are better for situations where the number of iterations is indefinite at the time the loop is entered into (e.g., a menu that takes user input - the user decides as he or she is using the menu when the menu will end).

Elanas Bartulis
Elanas Bartulis
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Elanas Bartulis
Elanas Bartulis
2,422 Points

Answer :

comma = ", "

for group in musical_groups:

print(comma.join(group))
Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
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Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points

Elgene,

musical_groups is multi-dimensional because it is a list of lists. The first dimension (group) is defined by the outermost brackets ("[ ]"). Then each line surrounded by brackets and comma separated, is the second dimension group members, like ["Ad Rock", "MCA", "Mike D."],

So, the challenge to loop through the groups (first-dimension/list) and output the join action in the members (second-dimension/list). I would use a for loop to loop through a list.

Does that help you get rolling?

Shelley Brown
Shelley Brown
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Shelley Brown
Shelley Brown
7,613 Points

This should work.

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

periz28
periz28
5,359 Points
periz28
periz28
5,359 Points

I kept getting "not what I was expecting" for a result. Then, after re-reading the instructions carefully, I realized he was asking for "comma space" and I was just using a comma. This is what I got to work for me:

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