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Louis Pirkis
1,963 PointsTask 3: I think I am getting a syntax error. I can't use the format function with display menu or join.
Task 3, using line 4: I think I have a syntax error with the format function. I can't insert the display_menu here, or join sundaes here within the format function.
available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes = available.split(";")
display_menu=', '.join(sundaes)
menu = "Our available flavors are: {}."format(", ".join(sundaes))
1 Answer
Richard Lambert
Courses Plus Student 2,773 PointsHello Louis,
You're missing a . between "Our available flavors are: {}." and format(", ".join(sundaes)) [1]. On the same line, you're also re-evaluating ", ".join(sundaes), despite having assigned the value of this expression to the display_menu variable; you should pass this variable as the argument to the format() function to avoid redundant coding.
available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes = available.split(";")
display_menu=', '.join(sundaes)
menu = "Our available flavors are: {}."format(", ".join(sundaes)) # [1]
Good Luck