🔒 how do i take in a list of integers instead of a string of integers?

[undone ingot]

My code works with string right now

[thorny fox]

@undone ingot

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[civic terrace]

it would definitely be odd to expect the input() to be written as a python list

when they say "takes in a list of integers", they likely are referring to a function parameter

[undone ingot]

what about the parameters here should i change to make it accurate?

[civic terrace]

I don't really have enough information about how exactly they expect you to structure your code

I would create a function that accepts a list of ints as a parameter

how you arrive at that list really isn't important

You can test code without the need for input()

!e

def wave(nums):
    for num in nums:
        print('*' * num)


wave_nums = [1, 2, 3, 2, 1]
wave(wave_nums)

[thorny fox]

@civic terrace :white_check_mark: Your 3.12 eval job has completed with return code 0.

001 | *
002 | **
003 | ***
004 | **
005 | *

[undone ingot]

this is how they test it

[civic terrace]

Then I was correct in what they expect of you

[undone ingot]

but this part: wave_nums = [1, 2, 3, 2, 1] is set to certain values

[civic terrace]

that was just so I could show you a test in action

a function simply says "give me some data and I'll do something with it"

it doesn't care where that data comes from

so you're meant to provide a function that can handle what they're asking of you

where it gets its numbers from is of no importance

you only need to write the function

it will handle the testing

(but it's still good to test your own function before submitting)

[undone ingot]

so if i want to submit without testing i can do this?

[civic terrace]

you shouldn't even call the function at the bottom

and you shouldn't need to do int(num) because they've already informed you that the provided list will contain ints

[undone ingot]

i dont get how this test will work if i dont call it

[civic terrace]

It will call it for you to test it

you don't need to call your own function to prove it works

the tests are responsible for that

[undone ingot]

oh ok

[undone ingot]

!close

[thorny fox]

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