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

Abdallah Abdallah
Abdallah Abdallah
215 Points
Posted by Abdallah Abdallah
Abdallah Abdallah
215 Points

I am not sure what to ask other than I am very confused and I think I have done it completely wrong! -_-

Please help ? Question: I think it's time for a snack. Luckily I have a string full of types of ice cream sundaes. Unluckily, they're all in one string and the string has semi-colons in it too. Use .split() to break the available string apart on the semi-colons (;). Assign this to a new variable sundaes.

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

1 Answer

Kurt Maurer
Kurt Maurer
16,725 Points

Hey Abdullah,

  1. Define display_menu before menu, as the challenge recommends you do.
  2. In your display_menu definition, no parentheses are required around the string your joining the list on.
  3. You want to put the .format() method on the menu variable, so you should put it at the end of the string in the menu variable.

This code here works, let me know if you have anymore questions about it!

available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes = available.split(';')
display_menu = ', '.join(sundaes)
menu = "our available flavors are: {}.".format(display_menu)
Abdallah Abdallah
Abdallah Abdallah
215 Points
Abdallah Abdallah
Abdallah Abdallah
215 Points

Thanks Kurt! That makes a of sense to me now.

I just want to ask you a question. Where it says display_menu = ' , '.join(sundaes)

why dont we include a bracket round the speech mark?