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

Posted by Simon Gogwe
Simon Gogwe
3,648 Points

using the .split() function

i have used the split function on this string but i dont know where i am missing it. The code in the way we suppose to .split() is no running. please help.

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

3 Answers

Kevin Brennan
Kevin Brennan
19,920 Points
Kevin Brennan
Kevin Brennan
19,920 Points

Hi Simon,

The challenge asks for you to assign the result of using split on available to sundaes. The variable available has already been declared so you just need use the split function on it and assign that to the sundaes variable.

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

I hope that helps and is clear.

Kevin

Simon Gogwe
Simon Gogwe
3,648 Points
Simon Gogwe
Simon Gogwe
3,648 Points

thanks Kevin. it di, now stuck on the last challenge

Kevin Brennan
Kevin Brennan
19,920 Points
Kevin Brennan
Kevin Brennan
19,920 Points

Hi Simon,

There are two ways to accomplish the last challenge, I will show you both although the second way would be best.

Firstly you could declare the variable display_menu and use the join method on sundaes to assign to it. Then use format to put display menu into the menu string as so:

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

Or as the challenge said do it all on one line, for this you don't even bother with the display_menu variable but put the join straight into the format as so:

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

Obviously the second way is shorter with cleaner code. I recommend playing around with the split and join functions to make sure you fully understand them before continuing.

Kevin