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

Rehan Hussain
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Rehan Hussain
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Posted by Rehan Hussain
Rehan Hussain
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Looking for some help with my code and why it won't run

Here is my code and I am trying to see why it's not running

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

In display_menu It has converted the list into a string

In the menu variable I am trying to use.format to add the string from display_menu and it's not working

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

3 Answers

dojewqveaq
dojewqveaq
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dojewqveaq
dojewqveaq
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Hey Rehan,

try using the join() method the other way around.. instead of .join(', '), do (', ').join(sundaes). Here is how I solved the task:

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)
Kristian Mediaas
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Kristian Mediaas
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Kristian Mediaas
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Kristian Mediaas
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Hi you have to do

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

I hope this helps