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

Posted by Ender Dagdelen
Ender Dagdelen
Courses Plus Student 958 Points

Did you use `.join(", ")`?

i have copied and pasted every answer in the communtiy but it still doesnt work. 1st and 2nd steps are ok bad cant get pass the 3rd one. a little help plz

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

3 Answers

Kent Åsvang
Kent Åsvang
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Kent Åsvang
Kent Åsvang
18,823 Points

Your code : 

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

You actually have already split ut the [available]-list, so you don't have to do that a second time for your string. Use the [sundaes] instead. Like so : 

menu="Our available flavors are:{}.".format(sundaes)
today="Our available flavors are: {}.".format(", ".join(sundaes))

It should work just fine.

Good luck.

Ender Dagdelen
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Ender Dagdelen
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Ender Dagdelen
Ender Dagdelen
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i did what you said, exactly the same sentence and still doesnt work. and now i am getting the error message: "Didn't find the right series of sundaes and commas in menu."

Kent Åsvang
Kent Åsvang
18,823 Points
Kent Åsvang
Kent Åsvang
18,823 Points

Oh sorry, I messed up. Anyway, it should look something like this : 

available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes = available.split(";")
sundaes_join = ", ".join(sundaes)
menu = "Our available flavors are: {}".format(sundaes_join)
Ender Dagdelen
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Ender Dagdelen
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Ender Dagdelen
Ender Dagdelen
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i really thank you from the buttom of my heart