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

Posted by Andrew Choai
Andrew Choai
695 Points

not sure what i'm doing wrong

the program is telling me to us .split() but i did use it, not sure what i did wrong

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

1 Answer

Alex Moats
Alex Moats
4,535 Points
Alex Moats
Alex Moats
4,535 Points

You're pretty close. Try replacing what you have in the variable sundaes with what you have on line 2 like this:

sundaes = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white".split(' ; ')
Alex Moats
Alex Moats
4,535 Points

you may also want to try

sundaes = available.split(';')