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

Jonathan Whelchel
Jonathan Whelchel
2,096 Points
Posted by Jonathan Whelchel
Jonathan Whelchel
2,096 Points

I'm totally lost and discouraged. I don't know how to do this. please help

I don't know what this is asking me to do

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

1 Answer

Evan Demaris
Evan Demaris
64,262 Points
Evan Demaris
Evan Demaris
64,262 Points

Hi Jonathan,

You shouldn't feel too discouraged, because you've just about got it. The only issues with your code are that your menu is being given sundaes instead of display_menu, and that display_menu is declared after the menu that uses it.

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

Hope that helps!