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

Alright, let's finish making our menu. Combine the sundaes list into a new variable named display_menu, where each item

Alright, let's finish making our menu. Combine the sundaes list into a new variable named display_menu, where each item in the list is rejoined together by a comma and a space (", "). Then reassign the menu variable to use the existing variable and .format() to replace the placeholder with the new string in display_menu. If you're really brave, you can even accomplish this all on the same line where menu is currently being set.

banana.py
available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"

sundaes = available.split(";")

display_menu = (sundaes).join","

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

2 Answers

Michael Hess
Michael Hess
24,512 Points

Hi Kayoung,

It looks like you're really close, but flip "," and (sundaes) around:

available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"

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

Hope this helps!

Randell Purington
Randell Purington
9,992 Points

Keep in mind that they are sensitive to spaces. I had my code right but kept getting an error because I had it written ",". There should be a space, so it should look like ", "

This is referring to the display_menu line of the code.