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

Posted by JUSTIN SNELLING
JUSTIN SNELLING
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It keeps asking for me to break apart "available" using '.split()' but won't let me...

It keeps asking for me to break apart "available" using '.split()' but won't let me... each time I try to add .split(";") to 'available' string, it tells me not to change available. Any advice?

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

1 Answer

james south
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james south
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james south
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available holds the values of the flavors, so you don't have to type them again. you just call split on available.

JUSTIN SNELLING
JUSTIN SNELLING
571 Points

Thanks James, I had also tried this:

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

Now it's saying "sundaes should be a list What am I missing?