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

Posted by Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
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My string was incorrect because I spelt 'flavors' - 'flavours'. Are we learning Python or American English?

I'm hoping you regard your fine school as international.

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

4 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,426 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,426 Points

"of my own creation" is the contention. I agree that the challenge should accommodate international variances when a value is left up to the coder's discretion.

In this challenge, the string value is explicitly stated as "Our available flavors are: {}." eliminating the coder's preferences.

Adding internationalization to text in the challenges is a valid request which would have made the challenge read as "Our available flavours are: {}." and increase the international appeal of Treehouse.

Tagging Kenneth Love for comment.

Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points
Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points

Hi Rory!

The reason it works like this is because when you are submitting an answer the website will detect for a certain answer and if it isn't that then it will throw back a failure. In this case, spelling flavor as flavour caused the site to throw back that error.

This may seem like a picky thing but in reality you will experience these types of things when you are programming. For example, the following CSS is valid:

h1 {
    color: blue;
}

But this isn't:

h1 {
    colour: blue;
}

I hope that I managed to help you out!

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
4,479 Points
Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
4,479 Points

'color' is a WW3 recognised CSS property. "Flavors" was part of a string of my own creation.

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
4,479 Points
Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
4,479 Points

Thanks Chris. I will be sure to follow all the strings as explicit values.