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

Posted by Evan Xu
Evan Xu
2,172 Points

Python basics challenge 3/3

I am not sure why I was wrong. any advice? thanks!

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

  1. You're missing a spaces on "sundaes" line The correct code should be: sundaes = available.split(";")

  2. I'm working on the same challenge, trying to figure out the "menu" line

1 Answer

Luis Morales
Luis Morales
645 Points
Luis Morales
Luis Morales
645 Points

available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"

sundaes = available.split(';')

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

Luis Morales
Luis Morales
645 Points
Luis Morales
Luis Morales
645 Points

Hi Evan,

  1. Although the spaces you where missing won't show as wrong on the challenge, the best line of code should have those spaces before and after the "=" sign.

  2. You where missing a dot after {} sings on menu variable

  3. You only needed to replace the place holder with display_menu if you combined the sundaes list

  4. You have it right just delete .format(display_menu)