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

Posted by monica shim
monica shim
2,197 Points

Python Basics - Splitting and Joining

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

use .split() to break the "available" string apart on the semicolons. Assign this to a new variable "sundaes"

what would the code look like?

banana.py 
available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes = "available"
sundaes.split(';')
list('sundaes')

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points

:warning: SPOILER ALERT

You're taking the question a bit too literally. When they said to break the "available" string apart, they were talking about the long string they had already assigned to the variable named available. If you split that apart, assigning the result to a new variable named sundaes, you'd have something like this:

banana.py 
available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes = available.split(';')