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Katie Knight
1,311 PointsError messages when completing "Use .split and .join"
I've had error message after error message with this exercise. I have written the attached, which works just fine in workspaces but the challenge just will just not accept it. Where am I going wrong?
available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes = available.split(";")
menu = "Our available flavors are: {}."
sundaes = ', '.join(sundaes)
menu = menu.format(sundaes)
1 Answer
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 PointsYour code looks correct. But the grader wants to recheck the previous tasks are correct at each stage. By redefining sundaes as a string, the test for Task 1 fails. Your code can be fixed by changing the join variable name to sundae2:
available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes = available.split(";")
menu = "Our available flavors are: {}."
sundaes2 = ', '.join(sundaes)
menu = menu.format(sundaes2)