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taylor bostic
589 Pointshow to .split()
"banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes = "available".split(";")
1 Answer
Steven Parker
229,744 PointsDon't put quotes around variable names.
Quoting "available" means you want split to work on the word "available" itself instead of working on the words contained in the variable named available.
taylor bostic
589 Pointstaylor bostic
589 Pointsok thanks