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

Posted by Abhishek Kumar
Abhishek Kumar
815 Points

Can you point out, where is the error in last line of code? It seems fine to me.

Can you point out the error in last line of code in banana.py? It seems fine to me.

banana.py 
available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes=available.split(';')
menu="Our available flavors are: {}."
display_menu= menu.format(", ".join(sundaes))
Yodh Garfias
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Yodh Garfias
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 943 Points

the last line should read display_menu = menu.format(", ").join(sundaes)

Abhishek Kumar
Abhishek Kumar
815 Points

Yodh Garfias that is also giving the same error.

1 Answer

jonlunsford
jonlunsford
15,472 Points
jonlunsford
jonlunsford
15,472 Points

Abhishek:

Here is how I solved part 3 (last two lines). I assigned the joined string back to display_menu. Then I reassigned menu, making it equal to the formatted menu string. Such as:

available = ...
sundaes = ...
menu = "Our available flavors are {}."
display_menu = ', '.join(sundaes)
menu = menu.format(display_menu)

Another way this could be done using one line, as the challenge suggests:

available = ...
sundaes = ...
menu = "Our available flavors are {}."
menu = menu.format(', '.join(sundaes))