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

Abheshek cr
Abheshek cr
5,522 Points
Posted by Abheshek cr
Abheshek cr
5,522 Points

task 1 problem

wats the error

banana.py 
display_menu = ["banana split, hot fudge, cherry, malted, black and white"]

menu = "Our available flavors are: {}.".format(display_name)

1 Answer

Sashi Shah
Sashi Shah
2,528 Points

Lots of things going on here: 1.You have overridden the original challenge. The original statement was: available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white" (separated by semi-colons) - you have the variable as "display_menu" and commas instead of semi-colons. The results-checker may flag this itself as an error while checking.

  1. The new variable was "sundaes". You have a variable called "menu".
  2. sundaes =available.split(';') will split the values in "available" based on the delimiter ";"