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Ali Al Dairawi
Courses Plus Student 877 PointsStuck on the split and join test.
i do get the concept of this it seems common sense, but i'm still stuck with the correct code. can any one help please.
available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes = available.split(';')
menu = "Our available flavors are: {}."
display_menu =', '.join(sundaes)
menu =', '.join(display_menu)
1 Answer
Jeffrey James
2,636 PointsYou're close. Note that anytime you have a string with a {}, you'll have to call format on it, then pass in the variable to be formatted.
>>> available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
>>> sundaes = available.split(";")
>>> menu = "Our available flavors are: {}."
>>> display_menu = menu.format(" ".join(sundaes))
>>> display_menu
'Our available flavors are: banana split hot fudge cherry malted black and white.'
>>> display_menu = menu.format(", ".join(sundaes))
>>> display_menu
'Our available flavors are: banana split, hot fudge, cherry, malted, black and white.'
>>>
You can also combine the steps if you can grok it
>>> menu.format(", ".join(available.split(";")))
'Our available flavors are: banana split, hot fudge, cherry, malted, black and white.'
Ali Al Dairawi
Courses Plus Student 877 PointsAli Al Dairawi
Courses Plus Student 877 PointsHi Thank you for your help, i figured it out.