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Posted by Maciej Walczak
Maciej Walczak
5,042 Points

Use split() and join() Challenge problem

Instruction: Combine the sundaes list into a new string, joining them with a comma and a space (", "). Use that string with a .format() on our existing menu variable and replace the current value of menu.

after doing as instructed i keep getting this error: Oops! It looks like Task 1 is no longer passing.

my code:

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

1 Answer

Andreas cormack
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Andreas cormack
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,011 Points

Hi Maciej

see below

available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes = available.split(";")
menu = "Our available flavors are: {}." #you could have called format method here directly
menu = menu.format(sundaes.join(", "))# You cannot call the method join on a list, the join method is part of the string class

# my code

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

happy coding

Maciej Walczak
Maciej Walczak
5,042 Points

Thanks a million Andreas! Now i see my mistake. I do have another question for you. Could you please explain to me how did you insert in your post "script like window", so i can in the future format my posts here correctly?

Andreas cormack
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Andreas cormack
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,011 Points

Click the link below to the Markdown Cheatsheet and it explains how to achieve this.