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

Loh Pin Hua
Loh Pin Hua
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Posted by Loh Pin Hua
Loh Pin Hua
3,160 Points

problem

I'm stuck. can you help me? this is my code:

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

1 Answer

Andreas cormack
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Andreas cormack
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Andreas cormack
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Andreas cormack
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,011 Points

Hi Loh

The challenge asks you to split a string down based on a delimiter. You can call the split function on any string, the split function takes an argument which is the delimiter to split on which in this case will be the ';'. For example your name like so Loh;Pin;Hua would not make sence, so to split it i would call "Loh;Pin;Hua".split(";") which would return a list like [ Loh Pin Hua]. You can then use the join function to create a new string " ".join([ Loh Pin Hua]).

Hope this helps.