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

Posted by Mayur Borole
Mayur Borole
849 Points

cannot solve quiz

getting an error

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

1 Answer

eirikvaa
eirikvaa
18,015 Points
eirikvaa
eirikvaa
18,015 Points

You don't need

';'.join(available)

in 

menu = "Our available flavours are: {}.".format(';'.join(available))

You are actually putting a ; between every character in the strings in the list. When I run your code on my system I get:

b;a;n;a;n;a; ;s;p;l;i;t;;;h;o;t; ;f;u;d;g;e;;;c;h;e;r;r;y;;;m;a;l;t;e;d;;;b;l;a;c;k; ;a;n;d; ;w;h;i;t;e.

Just do 

menu = "Our available flavours are: {}.".format(sundaes)

and you're good to go. Here you're just replacing the {} with the entire list, so you see every flavor inside brackets.