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

Posted by rione brooks
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rione brooks
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 44 Points

splitting and joining

what am i doing wrong?

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

1 Answer

Agustin Fitipaldi
Agustin Fitipaldi
1,644 Points
Agustin Fitipaldi
Agustin Fitipaldi
1,644 Points

Oops, it said join the flavors back together to create the display menu, you split them once again. You should be aiming for something looking similar to this:

available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes = available.split(';')
#here we split available into a list with the splitting happening at the ';'
display_menu = ', '.join(sundaes)
#and here we join sundaes back together into a string, but this time with ', ' separating them and not ';'
menu = 'Our available flavors are: {}.'.format(display_menu)
#and here we print them out with format