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Ian perry
2,674 Pointspython super lost on challenge split() join()?
Just can't seem to get my head round the code for task3 ? Any help explaining it would be great. Thanks :)
available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes = available.split(';')
menu = "our available flavors are: {}."
1 Answer
Nathan Tallack
22,160 PointsYou have done great. This is what they are looking for in the last step.
menu = menu.format(", ".join(sundaes))
What we are doing here is we are reassigning the menu value to be a new value. The new value is the exisitng vlaue modified with the string format method. That method will get your {}'s out of your string and replace it with the paramaeter you pass in. The parameter we pass in will be a string literal with a join method. The string literal in this case is ", " which is the "seperator" we will use when we call the join method. The join method takes your sundaes list in as a parameter. So the result will be a string which is all the values in that list seperated with the comman and space, and that will all be placed at the end of your menu string. :)
Ian perry
2,674 PointsIan perry
2,674 PointsHey Nathan Thanks for your help I have gone over the video loads of times and after stepping back and reading what you have put I feel I have a better understanding of .format() & .join() method. Need to keep practising tho Thank you again It was a great help. :)