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Python

Posted by Jamar Slade
Jamar Slade
4,244 Points

Splitting multiple strings within a dictionary that is nested within a list.

Having some issues getting this function to do what I want it to do. Essentially what I'd like to do is have my "clean_heights" function to import all the height keys from a dictionary nested within a list. Once I achieved iterating and importing over all the heights, I added them to a list called "player_heights". When called, it prints all heights in strings. I need to turn these strings into integers, but first, I must iterate through my list and split the strings, and this is where I'm stuck.

Here's the error I'm running into: "AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'split'"

def clean_height(height_list):
    for heights in height_list:
        player_heights = [heights['height']].split()

        print(player_heights)

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points

Perhaps a list comprehension will work for you:

for heights in height_list:
        player_heights = [heights['height']].split()
# if heights['height'] contains single value
def clean_height(height_list):
    player_heights = [heights['height']
                      for heights in height_list]
    return player_heights

# if heights['height'] contains list of values
def clean_height(height_list):
    players_heights = []
    for heights in height_list:
        player_heights.extend(heights['height'])
    return player_heights

Post back if you need more help, Good luck!!