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

Posted by Kevin Selagea
Kevin Selagea
2,161 Points

what do I do??

I need help!!

banana.py 
available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
list(sundaes) = available
sundaes.split(;)

1 Answer

Rich Zimmerman
Rich Zimmerman
24,063 Points
Rich Zimmerman
Rich Zimmerman
24,063 Points

You want to call the split method on the string variable "available", and the split() method takes an argument of what you want to split it with, in this case the semi-colon, and store that in the new variable "sundaes"

sundaes = available.split(";")