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

Posted by Jonte Rufus
Jonte Rufus
314 Points

I'm stuck on this challenge, I feel like I'm doing everything correct but, I'm prompted with a message. Can you help?

The error message says "Bummer! Didn't find the right ..."

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

1 Answer

David Hamilton
David Hamilton
21,522 Points

Hello Jonte,

The "display_menu" variable needs to go before the creation of the "menu" variable, then the "format()" needs to go on the end of the "menu" variable and call the "display_menu" variable. Below is the code I used:

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)

Or to do it all on one line is the following code:

available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes = available.split(";")
menu = "Our available flavors are: {}.".format(", ".join(sundaes))
Jonte Rufus
Jonte Rufus
314 Points

Thank you, David. This worked perfectly.

David Hamilton
David Hamilton
21,522 Points

Your welcome Jonte,