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

Posted by Aaron Mesh
Aaron Mesh
1,001 Points

Not sure what my mistake is in the code

So I just double checked all the stuff I have currently done in another python shell (IDLE) and I seem to be getting the right answer also the reason for what I did wrong do not make any sense to me. There was no request to order the sundaes in a certain way and I don't know what they are talking about when they say there is a comma in menu

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

1 Answer

Samuel Ferree
Samuel Ferree
31,722 Points
Samuel Ferree
Samuel Ferree
31,722 Points

There's nothing wrong with your code per say, it's just not exactly what the challenge is asking for.

The challenge wants you to store the joined list in display_menu.

Then reassign menu to it's formatted self, when passed in display_menu as the placeholder.

The code below should pass the challenge.

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);