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

Chinmay Tare
Chinmay Tare
467 Points
Posted by Chinmay Tare
Chinmay Tare
467 Points

Still getting the error

When I try to execute this it shows 'sundaes' should be a list. Any idea ?

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

1 Answer

Chris Howell
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Chris Howell
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Chris Howell
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Chris Howell
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Hi Chinmay Tare

It looks like you are using strip() but that is not the string method it is asking you to use for this challenge.

Chinmay Tare
Chinmay Tare
467 Points
Chinmay Tare
Chinmay Tare
467 Points

ya. that was a typing mistake but still even if use split(), i am getting the same error

Chris Howell
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Chris Howell
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If I copy paste your updated code, it passes. And the next step gets a new different error.

Robert Bird
Robert Bird
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Robert Bird
Robert Bird
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This is the code I used for all three step in the challenge, and all the items passed. Hope it helps.

available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes = available.split(';') # step 1
menu =  "Our available flavors are: {}." # step 2
menu = menu.format(', '.join(sundaes)) # step 3