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

Emilio Andere
Emilio Andere
495 Points
Posted by Emilio Andere
Emilio Andere
495 Points

Some help

I just can't get this one, I've tried everything and it's all wrong please help me

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

display_menu = available.split(", ")

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

1 Answer

Paul Harrison
Paul Harrison
5,533 Points
Paul Harrison
Paul Harrison
5,533 Points

Hi Emilio -

The available flavors string only needs to be split once, then you can join them back together either on the next line or in the .format() directly. The latter would look like this:

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

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