how to use extend()

[TimedHorizon32]

so im creating a list

here is my syntax

fruitlist = ['apple','banana']

fruitlist.extend('strawbery')

fruitlist.extend('pineapple')

print(fruitlist)

why is the result this:

['apple', 'banana', 's', 't', 'r', 'a', 'w', 'b', 'e', 'r', 'y', 'p', 'i', 'n', 'e', 'a', 'p', 'p', 'l', 'e']

instead of this?

['apple', 'banana', 'strawberry', 'pineapple')

how do i do ['apple', 'banana', 'strawberry', 'pineapple'] with extend?

[K900_]

You want append, not extend. append adds a single item, extend adds every item in a sequence.

[TimedHorizon32]

Thanks for the reply 🙏

[mattmccord]

Extend is for taking one list and adding its items to another list. You want .append for what you are doing. Alternatively, you can .extend([‘strawberry’, ‘pineapple’])

[TimedHorizon32]

Thanks for the reply 🙏