Python developer course, working with lists, relay race practice

Question

I’m completing the Python developer course, and I’m in the section working with lists, in the problem relay race practice.

I can’t spot the bug in my code.

Here’s my code:

players = ["Alice","Bob","Charlie","David","Eve","Frank"]

#Create 3 lists with 2 players each
#Use slicing to create a list for Group 1
g1 = players[0:2]

#Use slicing to create a list for Group 2
g2 = players[2:4]

#Use slicing to create a list for Group 3
g3 = players[4:6]

print("Group 1:",g1)
#display the 1st group

print("Group 2:",g2)
#display the 2nd group

print("Group 3:",g3)
#display the 3rd group

Here’s my output:
Group 1:
[‘Alice’ , ‘Bob’]
Group 2:
[‘Charlie’ , ‘David’]
Group 3:
[‘Eve’ , ‘Frank’]

Here’s what Sololearn says is the expected solution:
Group 1: [‘Alice’ , ‘Bob’]
Group 2: [‘Charlie’ , ‘David’]
Group 3: [‘Eve’ , ‘Frank’]

I can’t move on because it continues to tell me this is wrong.

Answer 1

Kate ,

in your post you maybe mixed up the output from your code with the *required output*. this should be:

Group 1:
['Alice', 'Bob']
Group 2:
['Charlie', 'David']
Group 3:
['Eve', 'Frank']

> to get this output, we can use an additional print() statement for each group like:

...
print("Group 1:")
print(g1)
...

2 more advanced ways could be:
use one print() statement for both required lines by using an f-string. to get the line break use \n
or
use one print() statement for both required lines by using comma separated arguments, with additional sep='\n' argument.

Answer 2

Manan Saxena ,
the code sample you mentioned will not pass the test cases and is creating a syntax error. the reason is:

> when printing the *new-line sequence*, this has to be in quotes. but even if you put it in quotes, an other issue will raise:

> when using the print() statement with multiple arguments that are separated by a comma, a space will be insertd between the arguments. this is done by default from python.

the result will be: (second line of the output starts with a *space*, which does not match the required result)

Group 1:
['Alice', 'Bob']

should be:

Group 1:
['Alice', 'Bob']

Answer 3

Lothar, by f-string do you mean the formatted string f"..."? If so then for then it is not necessary for the newline character, it can be used in all lines.

Answer 4

use \n after after print("Group 3:" ,\ng3) like this so it will display the names in nextine do the same thing in every group