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

Posted by Dan Oswalt
Dan Oswalt
23,438 Points

Sundae_list looks good in the error output, what am I missing?

I am getting an error saying that it didn't find the right number of flavors or commas. The string looks good in the error output, what am I missing? Thanks!

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

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

2 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 67,989 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 67,989 Points

It's all good except the last line. It modifies the value in menu but does nothing with it. It needs to assign the results back to menu:

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

menu = 'Our available flavors are: {}.'
sundae_list = ", ".join(sundaes)
menu = menu.format(sundae_list)
Dan Oswalt
Dan Oswalt
23,438 Points
Dan Oswalt
Dan Oswalt
23,438 Points

Ah thanks