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

Posted by Betserai Musengi
Betserai Musengi
2,105 Points

What am I missing?

Ran the code in the quiz on Workspaces and it executed it but the quiz says it's incorrect. Any help on what I'm missing here?

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

jsdevtom
jsdevtom
16,963 Points
jsdevtom
jsdevtom
16,963 Points

You are calling split on a copied string instead of the variable itself. It should be like this:

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

sundaes = available.split(';')