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

Siddharth Sharma
Siddharth Sharma
509 Points
Posted by Siddharth Sharma
Siddharth Sharma
509 Points

Unable to complete .format to join to string

Unable to complete this task

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

1 Answer

asd asdf
asd asdf
Courses Plus Student 298 Points

I had a lot of problems with this too since .split() and .join() take the string argument in a different position, the right way to do it is ', '.join(sundaes)