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3,120 PointsWhat is the purpose of list?
Could someone explain in much more detail why he used 'list' on line 28 with len(list(secret_word))?
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Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherYeah, len(list(word)) and len(word) would get the same result. I'm not really sure why I changed it. Probably something that made sense during writing but that got lost during editing.
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsJason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsHi Ezekiel,
I'm not sure myself. I think what you're asking is why not keep it
len(secret_word)?Tagging Kenneth Love
Hi Kenneth,
Initially you had
len(secret_word)but then around 5:45 you mentioned that we should probably change it tolen(list(secret_word)). Won't the 2 produce the same result assuming secret_word is a string?