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

Ikechukwu Arum
Ikechukwu Arum
5,337 Points
Posted by Ikechukwu Arum
Ikechukwu Arum
5,337 Points

error message: Bummer! Didn't find the right series of sundaes and commas in `menu`. not sure why?

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

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))

1 Answer

Calvin Lowe
Calvin Lowe
1,309 Points

You are supposed to set display_menu as the joined list of sundaes with commas, then you format the menu with the display_menu variable.

Ikechukwu Arum
Ikechukwu Arum
5,337 Points
Ikechukwu Arum
Ikechukwu Arum
5,337 Points

You mean: menu = menu.join(sundaes)
display_menu = menu.format(", ")?

Calvin Lowe
Calvin Lowe
1,309 Points

Ikechukwu Arum, you flopped the menu and display_menu

display_menu = ", ".join(sundaes)
menu.format(display_menu)