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

Greg Isaacson
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Greg Isaacson
Courses Plus Student 702 Points
Posted by Greg Isaacson
Greg Isaacson
Courses Plus Student 702 Points

What is wrong with the code?

Hi Everyone,

Its asking if I used '.join' ???

I really have no idea where im going wrong

banana.py 
available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes=available.split(';')
menu="our available flavors are: {display_menu}."
display_menu= "sundaes" + ",".join("available")

1 Answer

Dustin James
Dustin James
11,364 Points

Greg,

There are a few things wrong here. The "{}" is a place holder for you to fill in using .format. If you want to solve this challenge in one line you would write the string as "our available flavors are: {}." and then format that string to insert the joined sundaes.

Try this:

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

Let me break this down:

sundaes = available.split(';')  # Returns a list of sundaes
menu = "our available flavors are: {}".format(", ".join(sundaes))  # Formats the string with ", " between each item in the sundaes list