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Building a list

Now that you understand how lists work in Python, it's time to build the foundation of your recipe scaler project! You'll create lists to store the ingredients and their quantities in grams.

This exercise is part of the course

Introduction to Python for Developers

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Exercise instructions

  • Create a list called ingredients containing the following strings: "fusilli", "tomatoes", "garlic", "basil", "olive oil", and "salt", in that order.
  • Create a list called quantities containing the following numbers: 500, 400, 15, 20, 30, and 10, in that order.

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

# Create a list of ingredients
ingredients = ____

# Create a list of ingredient quantities
quantities = ____

print(ingredients)
print(quantities)
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