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

oops! it looks like task 1 is no long correct?

still... having problems with this, it says task 1 is still incorrect

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

2 Answers

Christian Mangeng
Christian Mangeng
15,970 Points

Hi brian,

the error occurs because you are formatting menu with a variable that you declare later. display_menu needs to be defined first in order to use it. So what you can do is e.g.

menu = "Our available flavors are: {}."
display_menu = ', '.join(sundaes)
menu = menu.format(display_menu)

menu = menu.format(display_menu) is the same as menu = "Our available flavors are: {}."format(display_menu)

soon as i posted it this, i fixed it. lol thanks :)!