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

khai ellington
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khai ellington
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Posted by khai ellington
khai ellington
Courses Plus Student 834 Points

completely lost

dont understand the question, and cant wrap my head arount the join string command..........I thought Python was easy???!!!

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

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

It can be a bit simpler, here's a few hints:

  • you should only use format one time
  • on line 3, menu should be set to a literal string
  • on line 5, the string being used is incorrect
  • also on line 5, the previous value of menu could be used instead of repeating the string