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

Francisco Osuna
Francisco Osuna
4,765 Points

what did i do wrong

tried it in actual python and it worked

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)

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points

You are very close! In the last line, an object is created with a formatted string but it is not assigned to a variable.

:point_right: reassign the result back to menu