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

Posted by Dustin Hicks
Dustin Hicks
200 Points

How do i split this on the (;)

How do i make a new one for this?

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

2 Answers

Manish Giri
Manish Giri
16,266 Points
Manish Giri
Manish Giri
16,266 Points

You just pass whatever you want to split on, into the .split() function. In this case, you pass ;, like .split(";").

Tony Castro
Tony Castro
266 Points
Tony Castro
Tony Castro
266 Points

I'm also a little stuck on this. I do the .split(";") but I still get it wrong/bummer. I think I'm messing up on the part where I have to assign it to a new variable. Any tips would be great.

Manish Giri
Manish Giri
16,266 Points
Manish Giri
Manish Giri
16,266 Points

Can't say what's wrong without seeing your code, but the general way is this - 

sentence = "Hello World"
words = sentence.split(" ")

Now, words is a list that looks like ['hello', 'world'].

Tony Castro
Tony Castro
266 Points
Tony Castro
Tony Castro
266 Points

ok, now I see where I went wrong. I was doing, words=sentence I didn't add the .split(";") on the new line. THANK YOU!!!