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

Posted by minh dang
minh dang
874 Points

how can i do this

hard

banana.py 
available = "banana;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white".split(;)

1 Answer

Frank Simser
Frank Simser
2,186 Points
Frank Simser
Frank Simser
2,186 Points

You were very close! You forgot the quotation marks around the semicolon in the split function. It should read: 

available = "banana;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white".split(";")

You could also define the available variable with: 

available = "banana;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"

and then split it and assign it to a new variable later with: 

sundaes = available.split(";")