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

bruce leong
bruce leong
2,521 Points
Posted by bruce leong
bruce leong
2,521 Points

Syntax Error - task one interfering with completing task three

Hi, I'm having an issue with the last task - the objective is to concatenate a string and list. I am getting a somewhat correct output, but it's done incorrectly. Can someone advise where I misstepped?

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

1 Answer

Ryan Cross
Ryan Cross
5,742 Points
Ryan Cross
Ryan Cross
5,742 Points

1 available = "banana split;hot fudge;cherry;malted;black and white" 2 sundaes = available.split(";") 3 menu = "Our available flavors are: {}.".format(display_menu) 4 display_menu = ", ".join(sundaes)

in line 4 you define what display_menu is. in line 3 you use it!

python throws NameError: name 'display_menu' is not defined

try re-timing events and your code should sail! Have fun!