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

Posted by Mohammad Zryab
Mohammad Zryab
4,109 Points

I don't understand what's being asked here

Here's what I've done. My code is effectively adding together the menu with the sundaes options. I'm not sure why I have to create a new string for sundaes. I'm just really lost on this one.

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

3 Answers

Khambrel Davis
Khambrel Davis
24,572 Points 
available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes = available.split(";")
menu = "Our available flavors are: {}."
menu = menu.format(", ".join(sundaes))

Simply add the "menu =" to your last line to hold the value of "menu.format(", ".join(sundaes))" in the menu variable.

Mohammad Zryab
Mohammad Zryab
4,109 Points
Mohammad Zryab
Mohammad Zryab
4,109 Points

Thanks, guys!

Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points
Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points

Hi Mohammmad,

try this code:

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

I hope this helps :)

Grigorij