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

Posted by Gonzalo Guevara
Gonzalo Guevara
14,380 Points

What is wrong with my anawer in the 3rd step?

The system show a error, and i can't find the solution sundaes = available.split(';') menu = "Our available flavors are: {}." coso = menu.format(", ".join(sundaes))

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

1 Answer

Cheo R
Cheo R
37,150 Points
Cheo R
Cheo R
37,150 Points

Hello Gonzalo, you're on the right track. Let's break it down: given

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

Using whatever variable name you want (other than sundaes), combine the sundaes list into a new string, joining them with a comma and a space (", ").

x = ", ".join(sundaes)

Use that string with a .format() on our existing menu variable and replace the current value of menu.

menu = menu.format(x)

Looks like the confusion was the part about using whatever variable named you wanted.

Gonzalo Guevara
Gonzalo Guevara
14,380 Points

Yes, my firts language is not english, i try to to understand these little details of the languaje. Thanks for the answer.