Edit string on a list

marathoncourierstt · June 2, 2022, 11:22am

Tell us what’s happening:
Doing an assignment in which I am to add beach names to a list. But I am having problems successfully adding the beach names.
On execution the array is empty

link to code on Git -

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MarathonTT/RateThatBeach---Group1/blob/e15cf008e0304e52bb8b4a5f9890bf130a1d2b29/part 1 & 2

beaches = [""]                                                #beach list   
beach_list = [""]                                             #beach list
votes = [0, 0, 0]                                             #votes list

def initialize_beach_list(beach_list):                        #Write a function, initialize_beach_list(beach_list)           
	beach_list = ["Englishman's Bay"]                           #Add Englishman’s Bay to the list.             
	beach_list.append("Castara Bay")                            #Add Castara Bay to the end of the list.         
	beach_list.insert(0, "Pigeon Point Beach")                  #Add Pigeon Point Beach to the beginning of the list.                  
	beach_list[1]("Nylon Pool")                                 #Change the name of the beach at index 1 to Nylon Pool.   
	del beach_list[-1]                                          #Delete the beach at the end of the list using -1           
	beach_list.append("Pirate's Bay")                           #Add Pirate’s Bay to the end of the list.                          
	beach_list.append("Store Bay")                              #Add Store Bay to the end of the list      
	this_beach = []                                                                    
	this_beach = beach_list.pop(-2)                             #Remove the beach at index -2 and store it in a variable, this_beach.                         
	beach_list.remove("Pigeon Point Beach")                     #Remove the beach named Pigeon Point Beach from the list.               
	beach_list.append("Maracas Bay")                            #Add Maracas Beach to the end of the list.        
print(beach_list)                                                   
print("Beach list successfully completed.")                   #Print the statement: “Beach list successfully created.”

sanity · June 2, 2022, 1:53pm

In code there’s function that’s adding couple entries into the list, but that function is not called. This means code within the function is not executed.

Keep also in mind, that assigning to a variable name new list doesn’t change the list that previously was using that variable name.

system · December 2, 2022, 1:53am

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