Dec-05-2022, 07:31 PM
(This post was last modified: Dec-05-2022, 08:06 PM by deanhystad.)
Hint, get rid of new_list.
Let's say you are a cashier at the grocery store. There are 5 customers in your line. Do you make customers wait as you scan all 5 carts, or do you scan the first cart, computing the total as you scan, and take the customer's money before moving on to the next cart?
Most coding challenges don't have much to do with coding. They are puzzles that test your problem-solving skills. You don't need to know any fancy Python to solve this challenge. Think about how you would solve with pencil and paper, and I guarantee there will be no lists with separators and no wondering how to take the sum of a list. Solve first, then code.
Let's say you are a cashier at the grocery store. There are 5 customers in your line. Do you make customers wait as you scan all 5 carts, or do you scan the first cart, computing the total as you scan, and take the customer's money before moving on to the next cart?
Most coding challenges don't have much to do with coding. They are puzzles that test your problem-solving skills. You don't need to know any fancy Python to solve this challenge. Think about how you would solve with pencil and paper, and I guarantee there will be no lists with separators and no wondering how to take the sum of a list. Solve first, then code.