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Antonio Hermida
1,225 PointsFinal part of 'sundaes' code challenge
My final task was to combine the sundaes list into a new string and join them with a (", "). Then use that string with a .format() on the existing menu variable and replace the current value of the menu variable.
My code kind of does that but when it prints the formatted menu, the menu is still in its list form. I tried it in the Python IDLE GUI shell but am still having problems.
Any help would be great, thanks.
available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes = available.split(';')
menu = "Our available flavors are: {}."
menu.join(", ").format(sundaes)
1 Answer
Josh Keenan
19,652 PointsYou have to update the menu variable so you need to save the updated one in the variable.
available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes = available.split(';')
menu = "Our available flavors are: {}"
menu = menu.format(", ".join(sundaes))
Antonio Hermida
1,225 PointsAntonio Hermida
1,225 PointsThat worked, thanks a lot. I didn't realize that the string part needed to be in front of the .join method.
Josh Keenan
19,652 PointsJosh Keenan
19,652 PointsYeah it does, it seems weird at first doesn't it. It's because we call the method on a string and give the method the subject as the argument.