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Lauren Reinstein
Courses Plus Student 198 Pointsjoining and .format
I have tried a variation of things and cannot seem to get through this one. Please help! Here is the challenge: Alright, let's finish making our menu. Combine the sundaes list into a new variable named display_menu, where each item in the list is rejoined together by a comma and a space (", "). Then reassign the menu variable to use the existing variable and .format() to replace the placeholder with the new string in display_menu. If you're really brave, you can even accomplish this all on the same line where menu is currently being set.
available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
available.split(";")
sundaes = available.split(";")
menu = "Our available flavors are: {}."
3 Answers
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 PointsLet's break down the steps:
Combine the sundaes list into a new variable named display_menu, where each item in the list is rejoined together by a comma and a space (", ").
# using join to recombine the list 'sundaes' into a new string
display_menu = ", ".join(sundaes)
Then reassign the menu variable to use the existing variable and .format() to replace the placeholder with the new string in display_menu.
menu = menu.format(display_menu)
Post back if you need more help. Good Luck!!
Eric Ward
4,198 PointsI have been following this and I keep getting "Oops! It looks like Task 1 is no longer passing." I hate to do this but can someone post the final complete code they have in part 3. This is getting really frustrating.
Eric Ward
4,198 PointsHere is my code.
available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white"
sundaes = available.split(";")
display_menu = ", ".join(sundaes)
menu = menu.format(display_menu)
[MOD: added ```python formatting -cf]
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 PointsYou are SO close. It looks like you dropped the statement:
menu = "Our available flavors are: {}."
Eric Ward
4,198 PointsAh it worked! Thank you very much!