Welcome to the Treehouse Community

Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.

Start your free trial

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

Posted by Larry Tran
Larry Tran
Courses Plus Student 256 Points

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

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"

'banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white'.split(;)

2 Answers

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points
Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

A couple bugs:

  • The colon (;) has to be in parenthesis.
  • You should've used the available variable, not the whole string again.
  • You were asked to assign the final value to a variable called sundaes

Try this:

available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"

sundaes = available.split(";")

Good luck! ~alex

Larry Tran
Larry Tran
Courses Plus Student 256 Points

Thanks for your help

Torsten Lundahl
Torsten Lundahl
2,570 Points
Torsten Lundahl
Torsten Lundahl
2,570 Points

If you read the instructions one more time and take notice on what they want you to do, I'm sure you can figure this one out.

HINT: The list is stored in the variable 'available'. Use the variable instead of writing the whole string out.

Larry Tran
Larry Tran
Courses Plus Student 256 Points

Thanks