Code won't work in HackerRank but will in Visual Studio Code

[Liz Alexander]

Hey y'all! First time posting in Code Ranch  I am trying to figure out the following problem on HackerRank:
https://www.hackerrank.com/challenges/python-lists/problem

I wrote my code in visual studio code -- Using the examples provided by the problem, the correct output seems to be coming out out of the vs console.

However, when I paste my solution into HR and click submit it says there's a syntax problem with line 7, the args line.

Does anyone know why this is happening? Thanks in advance!

if __name__ == '__main__':
    my_list = []
    N = int(input())
    for _ in range(N):
        input_list = input().split()
        cmd = input_list[0]
        *args, = [int(i) for i in input_list[1:]]
        if cmd == "print":
            print(my_list)
        else:
            getattr(my_list,cmd)(*args)

[Les Morgan]

Liz,

i've looked over your code and i do not see the error, that does not mean there is not one, but i am a Microsoft VS programmer also.  What i have found over the years is that MS has a tendency so superset the instruction set for a language--that was the crux of the Sun VS Microsoft legal action over Java years ago.  i would suggest you to back to the standard reference, and not MS's docs, and look over the syntax of the instructions you use.  there may be a surprise hidden within.  if not then i am just showing my extreme bios against the software giant.

Les

[Liz Alexander]

Hi Les, thank you for your response! I found out I was making a terribly stupid mistake and was using PyPy2 instead of Python3 on HackerRank. Facepalm.


I'm a coding beginner so unfortunately, the majority of your suggestion went over my head haha. Though, I will google certain terms and see if I can make sense of it and try to learn from it. Thanks again!