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Python

Posted by Tinotenda Emmanuel Nyamukapa
Tinotenda Emmanuel Nyamukapa
5,127 Points

Why am i getting an unexpected output ?

I don't understand why I'm getting an unexpected output. Please help

instances.py 
def combiner(*args):
    number_list = []
    string_list = []
    if isinstance(args, (int, float)):
        return number_list.append(args)
    elif isinstance(args, str):
        return string_list.append(*args)

    num = sum(number_list)
    con = ''.join(string_list)
    print(str(num) + con)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

The instructions say this will be a function "that takes a single argument, which will be a list ...".

But the packing operator ("*") is only used for a function that takes multiple arguments that you want to combine into a list.