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

kabirdas
kabirdas
1,976 Points
Posted by kabirdas
kabirdas
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Cannot complete Challenge Task 3 0f 3

I am not sure how best to complete this challenge. I have tried a number of different messages, all ending with the error message, "It looks like task number 1 is no longer valid." Which seems to be some sort of bug, because I get the same error message whenever anything is incorrect on any challenge.

May I have a hint?

One of the codes I tried are this one here.

display_menu = sundaes.join(', ')

menu = menu.format(display_menu)

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

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

2 Answers

Erin Wu
Erin Wu
4,447 Points
Erin Wu
Erin Wu
4,447 Points

First, the 'display_menu' variable needs to be declared in which the ", " needs to be placed BEFORE join. So it should look like this:

display_menu = ", ".join(sundaes)

Secondly, we need to reassign the 'menu' value again to add in the flavor values. You got this part right! We can do this by declaring menu again and popping in the new variable we just created:

menu = menu.format(display_menu)

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

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