# Lists not returning item names **URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/lists-not-returning-item-names/594369 **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X **Created:** [June 5, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/lists-not-returning-item-names/594369 "2020-06-05T04:23:31Z") **Posts on this page:** 10 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![b8680513613d40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@b8680513613d40](https://community.thunkable.com/u/b8680513613d40) #### Post date: [June 5, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/lists-not-returning-item-names/594369/1 "2020-06-05T04:23:31Z")
Hi there 👋 As the topic name suggests, I am having an issue where lists in conjunction with ‘each item in’ blocks are not returning names for items in my list. Below is an example of the blocks I am using and the result. Any help would be much appreciated 😁 👍 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/f/1/f13a30249cecce802b9b19b57300daaa658b27a0.png) ![Screenshot_20200605-122131](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/9/2/92d9df6c6c789117b49b7d4aa07d293570a224ab.png) ---
### Author: ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech) #### Post date: [June 5, 2020, 6:57am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/lists-not-returning-item-names/594369/2 "2020-06-05T06:57:05Z")
Hi, You are working with lists incorrectly. Display the values of all variables to see the error. ---
### Author: ![b8680513613d40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@b8680513613d40](https://community.thunkable.com/u/b8680513613d40) #### Post date: [June 5, 2020, 7:19am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/lists-not-returning-item-names/594369/3 "2020-06-05T07:19:15Z")
Thanks for the reply Actech, Here is a screenshot of the values of my variables after the code was run. I don’t believe I fully understand how I have used lists incorrectly, but I do see that there are no values in my list, even though they are seperated by commas. Would you happen to have a solution for this? Thanks in advance 🙂 ![Screenshot_20200605-151515](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/4/e/4e1484a5f95664ff4a738b6f30b8d562ae93697c.png) ---
### Author: ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech) #### Post date: [June 5, 2020, 7:40am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/lists-not-returning-item-names/594369/4 "2020-06-05T07:40:46Z")
Can you give me a link to your project? ---
### Author: ![b8680513613d40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@b8680513613d40](https://community.thunkable.com/u/b8680513613d40) #### Post date: [June 5, 2020, 7:43am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/lists-not-returning-item-names/594369/5 "2020-06-05T07:43:08Z")
Sure, [https://x.thunkable.com/projects/5ed99432c8f175838a0638ac/75994939-280e-4e69-a745-58ec35bb96c8/designer](https://x.thunkable.com/projects/5ed99432c8f175838a0638ac/75994939-280e-4e69-a745-58ec35bb96c8/designer) It’ll be hiding to the right a little in the blocks tab 👍 ---
### Author: ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech) #### Post date: [June 5, 2020, 7:49am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/lists-not-returning-item-names/594369/6 "2020-06-05T07:49:14Z")
Check this [https://x.thunkable.com/projects/5ed9f7d06aa0a78ec8538c82/project/properties/designer/](https://x.thunkable.com/projects/5ed9f7d06aa0a78ec8538c82/project/properties/designer/) ---
### Author: ![b8680513613d40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@b8680513613d40](https://community.thunkable.com/u/b8680513613d40) #### Post date: [June 5, 2020, 8:00am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/lists-not-returning-item-names/594369/7 "2020-06-05T08:00:12Z")
Thanks for taking a look Actech, This does look a lot simpler, but isn’t quite what I am trying to achieve. Apologies for not explaining earlier, In my database, I have car makes and stored under those car makes through a key are the car models for that specific make. I am trying to retrieve all car models from all car makes, and put them into one list. What do you believe would be the best approach for this? Thanks in advance 😄 ---
### Author: ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech) #### Post date: [June 5, 2020, 8:07am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/lists-not-returning-item-names/594369/8 "2020-06-05T08:07:33Z")
Check new version [https://x.thunkable.com/projects/5ed9f7d06aa0a78ec8538c82/project/properties/designer](https://x.thunkable.com/projects/5ed9f7d06aa0a78ec8538c82/project/properties/designer) ![изображение](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/c/0c8409c991e6caa2063a0cdb2cae1480208e6d27.png) ---
### Author: ![b8680513613d40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@b8680513613d40](https://community.thunkable.com/u/b8680513613d40) #### Post date: [June 5, 2020, 8:15am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/lists-not-returning-item-names/594369/9 "2020-06-05T08:15:11Z")
Thanks so much Actech, much appreciated! 😄 I must have been using variables incorrectly, will keep this in mind for future projects. For anyone looking back at this topic, Actech used an old variable instead of a normal one. To create these, drop in a new function and add an input. ---
### Author: ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis) #### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/lists-not-returning-item-names/594369/10 "2024-11-08T11:28:06Z")