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

Posted by Jeffrey Chandler
Jeffrey Chandler
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So early and so lost :(

I don't know where to begin on the 3rd task

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

2 Answers

Cindy Lea
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Cindy Lea
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Cindy Lea
Cindy Lea
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Youre close...

available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"

sundaes = available.split(";")

menu = "Our available flavors are: {}.".format(", ".join(sundaes))

Russell Sawyer
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Russell Sawyer
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Russell Sawyer
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Russell Sawyer
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 15,705 Points

Hi Jeff,

Combine the sundaes list into a new string, joining them with a comma and a space

Joining starts with how you want to join them in "". In this case its ", ". Then you can format menu with your variable sundaes.

menu = menu.format(", ".join(sundaes))