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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String Formatting

Tyler Warren
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Tyler Warren
Courses Plus Student 1,033 Points
Posted by Tyler Warren
Tyler Warren
Courses Plus Student 1,033 Points

Answering the question correctly and it keeps saying I'm wrong.

Stuck on using .format even though I did it in the workshop and it came out correct.

strings.py 
name = "Tyler"
subject = "Treehouse loves {}"
print(subject.format(name))

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

The challenge asks you to store the formatted string inside the subject variable, it does not ask you to print the formatted string. You can accomplish this by calling .format on the string directly like this:

name = "Tyler"
subject = "Treehouse loves {}".format(name)