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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types Use .split() and .join()

Steven Cousineau
Steven Cousineau
2,563 Points
Posted by Steven Cousineau
Steven Cousineau
2,563 Points

Basic Python_Split and Join exercise: Bummer! Didnt find the right series of sundaes and comma from menu.

I can't seem to figure out the fix of this error as my python shell accepts it and looks fine..id appreciate the help. treehouse:~/workspace$ python
Python 3.5.0 (default, Apr 13 2017, 18:07:59)
[GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-11)] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

available = "banana split;hotfudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
available
'banana split;hotfudge;cherry;malted;black and white'
sundaes = ";".split(avaliable)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'avaliable' is not defined
sundaes = available.split(";")
sundaes
['banana split', 'hotfudge', 'cherry', 'malted', 'black and white']
menu = "our available flavors are: {}."
menu
'our available flavors are: {}.'
display_menu = ", ".join(sundaes)
display_menu
'banana split, hotfudge, cherry, malted, black and white'
menu.format(display_menu)
'our available flavors are: banana split, hotfudge, cherry, malted, black and white.'

banana.py 
available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes = available.split(";")
menu = "Our available flavors are: {}."
display_menu = ", ".join(sundaes)
menu.format(display_menu)

2 Answers

pouya yousefi
pouya yousefi
12,480 Points
pouya yousefi
pouya yousefi
12,480 Points

Try use it with like this:

available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes = available.split(';')
menu = ("Our available flavors are: {}." ).format(", ".join(sundaes))
Steven Cousineau
Steven Cousineau
2,563 Points
Steven Cousineau
Steven Cousineau
2,563 Points

Thank you very much everyone for your help. I was going crazy lol.

Benny Ogidan
Benny Ogidan
17,948 Points
Benny Ogidan
Benny Ogidan
17,948 Points

Check your spelling of available and define your splitter method as you did sundaes = available.split(";")