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

Shalin Gadhavi
Shalin Gadhavi
513 Points
Posted by Shalin Gadhavi
Shalin Gadhavi
513 Points

.format and strings are confusing

Can u help me with this

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

1 Answer

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points
Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

First, you need to call the join() method on the string ", " and pass the sundaes list to it. Assign the result to a new variable. Then call the format() method on menu and pass the new string variable to it and assign the result back to menu:

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