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

Posted by Rehan Hussain
Rehan Hussain
Courses Plus Student 2,199 Points

Help with the code

Hey guys, I am stuck on this question - Any help would be appreciated. Here is my code

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

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

1 Answer

Derek Woods
Derek Woods
6,272 Points
Derek Woods
Derek Woods
6,272 Points

menu = "our available flavors are: {}.".format((', ').join(sundaes)) you just forgot the format, what actually fills the curly braces and the format for .join is ("what to join with").join(what to join)