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

Erik Nemcik
Erik Nemcik
1,569 Points
Posted by Erik Nemcik
Erik Nemcik
1,569 Points

What am I missing? :)

Works perfectly in the workspace. I probably misunderstood the exercise. Could you enlighten me?

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

3 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

Soooo close!

The challenge said, "Then reassign the menu variable ...". You have everything done, now just put it back into menu.

Mike Wagner
Mike Wagner
23,559 Points
Mike Wagner
Mike Wagner
23,559 Points

You actually have it solved if it weren't for one thing. The Challenge description added this additional requirement

"Then reassign the menu variable to use the existing variable{...}"

so if you just preface your menu.format() line with a menu = you'll be good as gold.

Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,322 Points
Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,322 Points

I'm not sure what you mean by misunderstanding the exercise if it's working? :-)

Just a quick tip: You can shorten the code like this :-)

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