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david greene
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 307 Pointsdon't understand the .format function
I really cant grasp this one?????
the last command is puzzling me
also line 3 - what goes into the {}
banana.py available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white" sundaes = available.split(";") menu = "Our available flavors are: {}."????????????? display_memu = sundaes.join(", ") menu = menu.format(display_menu)?????????
available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes = available.split(";")
menu = "Our available flavors are: {}."
display_memu = sundaes.join(", ")
menu = menu.format(display_menu)
1 Answer
Oszkár Fehér
Treehouse Project ReviewerHello David, The format() method put a word or words inside of a string. ex.:
text = "We have {} courses"
word = 'python'
output = text.format(word)
or
output = text.format('python')
>>> We have python courses
it replace
{}
with what you have inside the format() method The join() method joins a list of elements with whatever you want to. ex.:
list_of_words = ['hello', 'world']
print(' '.join(list_of_words))
>>>hello world
if i put
print(','.join(list_of_words))
>>>hello,world
or
letters = ['h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o']
print(''.join(letters))
>>>hello
I hope this helps you to understand. Keep up the good work!