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

chettigari naveen
chettigari naveen
1,198 Points
Posted by chettigari naveen
chettigari naveen
1,198 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"
available="banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white".split(";")
sundaes="available"
sundaes+",".join(available)

1 Answer

Viraj Deshaval
Viraj Deshaval
4,874 Points
Viraj Deshaval
Viraj Deshaval
4,874 Points

What split does is it will separate the things in a string using some separator. for example str1 = 'abcd:efgh' str1.split(':')

You need to only provide below command sundaes = available.split(";")