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Python

Posted by Steven Bell
Steven Bell
660 Points

What am I doing wrong?

Instructions are to combine sundaes list into a new lists separating it (', '), use the .format() to join and give a new value to menu. What am I doing wrong.

Steven Bell
Steven Bell
660 Points

Thanks Chris! I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. Thanks for breaking it down for me!

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,468 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,468 Points

The phasing can be confusing since you don't use "format to join". Let's look at each part.

combine sundaes list into a new lists separating it (', ')

Combine sundaes list using the string .join() method

sundae_list = ", ".join(sundaes)

use the .format() to ... give a new value to menu

Since menu is a string it has the .format() method which can be used to fill in the field {}. 

menu = "Our available flavors are: {}.".format(sundae_list)

The challenge wants these two lines combined:

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