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Tanaka Pendeke
1,095 PointsAlright, let's finish making our menu. Combine the sundaes list into a new string, joining them with a comma and a spac
need help...thanks in advance
available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes=available.split(";")
menu="our available flavors are: {}."
3 Answers
Steven Parker
231,271 PointsIt looks like you've already completed tasks 1 and 2 — good job so far!
Now you may want to review the Splitting and Joining video. There's a good example of what needs to be done for task 3 starting at time index 4:50.
I'll bet you can figure it out without an explicit spoiler.
Drew Butcher
33,160 PointsI think you are looking for this:
menu="our available flavors are: {}.".format(', '.join(sundaes))
Good code to know actually, I did something similar to this in a web application last week.
Steven Parker
231,271 PointsGive a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
― Maimonides
Thomas Helms
16,816 PointsI think the issue comes from the wording of the directions. It makes it sound like we are actually doing two/three steps:
- Combine sundaes into a new string
- Do menu.format()
- menu=menu.format()
It could probably changed from: Combine the sundaes list into a new string, joining them with a comma and a space (", "). Use that string with a .format() on our existing menu variable and replace the current value of menu.
To: In the menu line, use .format() and .join() to make the sundaes list into a string, with a comma and a space (", ") as separators.
Still a little awkward, but you get the idea.
Steven Parker
231,271 PointsIt can be done as three things. But it can also be abbreviated as you suggest (and as shown in the video).