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

Ryan Fox
Ryan Fox
4,971 Points

I'm baffled here..

Am I close here? I keep getting a .split() error on available? Thanks for answers in advanced

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

2 Answers

Jeffrey James
Jeffrey James
2,636 Points

doesn't throw any errors for me

>>> available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
>>> available.split(";")
['banana split', 'hot fudge', 'cherry', 'malted', 'black and white']
>>> available.split(';')
['banana split', 'hot fudge', 'cherry', 'malted', 'black and white']
>>> flavors = available.split(';')
>>> flavors
['banana split', 'hot fudge', 'cherry', 'malted', 'black and white']
>>> "we have the following flavors: {}".format(", ".join(flavors))
'we have the following flavors: banana split, hot fudge, cherry, malted, black and white'
>>> 
Ryan Fox
Ryan Fox
4,971 Points

Hmm..I'm thinking it's because I'm not writing the code in the console..not seeing it on my end. Will try again though, thank you Jeffrey.