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

Posted by Daniel Farikullah
Daniel Farikullah
200 Points

somethings wrong with the coding?

so i am splitting the words with the '; ' and making that equal to the new variable "sundaes". whats gone wrong?

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

1 Answer

hamdi ismail
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hamdi ismail
Courses Plus Student 8,927 Points
hamdi ismail
hamdi ismail
Courses Plus Student 8,927 Points

ok first you sould put the variable at the start => sundaes and never put it in "" because python will read it as a string not a variable anymore for exemple : a = 10 print(a) ==> 10 print("a")==> 'a'

so let go now to the solution of this challange : available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white" sundaes = available.split(";")