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Cool Broz
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 724 Pointssplitting and joining
challenge task 3
available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes=available.split(';')
menu="our available flavors are: {}."
dispaly_menu=', '.join(sundaes)
1 Answer
Krishna Pratap Chouhan
15,203 Points"display_menu" spelling... update the menu variable.
Check the below code for more details.
available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes = available.split(";")
menu="our available flavors are: {}."
display_menu=", ".join(sundaes)
menu = menu.format(display_menu)
Darren Maguire
2,009 PointsDarren Maguire
2,009 PointsIn the question when the teacher says 'existing variable' is he referring to the current variable. What I mean is, whenever you read 'put the x variable into the existing variable' is the programmer referring to x? I hope this is clear.
Krishna Pratap Chouhan
15,203 PointsKrishna Pratap Chouhan
15,203 PointsExisting variable means, 'any variable that is already existing in the current context and do not make a new variable'.
Now it could be 'x' or some other variable. We'll have to understand and fill in the blanks by ourselves and figure out, to which variable we need to assign the value.
Now in above example, challenge-task-3: Then reassign the menu variable to use the existing variable and .format() to replace the placeholder with the new string in display_menu.
Here existing variable is referring to the same variable menu. Also, assigning it to menu makes sense, and that's how i understood its menu, that is to be assigned the new value, besides the point that it says 'reassign' menu variable. :)