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Dustin Vandehey
969 PointsNot understanding this question.
I am understanding how to split at the semi colin but it is asking to assign to the sundaes variable. Do I need to do this prior to splitting at the semi colin or after. It keeps telling me to make it a list so I am maybe a bit confused by how to assign it to sundaes. Thanks
available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
"banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white".split(';')
1 Answer

Samuel Key
3,310 PointsTry creating a new variable called sundaes and assigning it to available.split(';')
available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes = available.split(';')
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 67,989 PointsChris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 67,989 PointsThe phrase "assigning it to" can mean "assign it the value of", so
sundaes
should be assigned, as Sam shows below, the results of the.split()
method.