Python Homework - creating a new list

Question

The assignment:

Write a function called splitList(myList, option) that takes, as input, a list and an option, which is either 0 or 1. If the

Answer 1

My previous answer was incorrect, and I really should have tested before I opened my mouth... Doh!!! Live and learn...

edit

your traceback is giving you the answer. It is reading the list as an args list. Not sure if there is a super pythonic way to get around it, but you can use named arguments:

splitList(myList=yourList)

OR

splitList(myList=(1,2,3))

OR

splitList(myList=[1,2,3])

But your problem is really probably

splitList(1,2,3,4)  # This is not a list as an argument, it is a list literal as your 'args' list

Which can be solved with:

splitList([1,2,3,4])

OR

splitList((1,2,3,4))

Is this the traceback you get?

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "pyTest.py", line 10, in 
    print splitList(aList,1)
TypeError: splitList() takes exactly 1 argument (2 given)

The error is most likely telling you the issue, this would be that the method only takes one argument, but I tried passing in two arguments like your requirements state.