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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String Formatting

Eugene Cidro
Eugene Cidro
1,546 Points
Posted by Eugene Cidro
Eugene Cidro
1,546 Points

.format()

i've tried everything on this challenge.. can someone help me? please?

strings.py 
name = 'eugene'
subject = 'treehouse loves {}'.format("eugene")
Eugene Cidro
Eugene Cidro
1,546 Points
Eugene Cidro
Eugene Cidro
1,546 Points

still receiving bummer comment on this..

1 Answer

gyorgyandorka
gyorgyandorka
13,811 Points
gyorgyandorka
gyorgyandorka
13,811 Points

Hi Eugene! The lesson to be learned here is that the format() method makes you able to pass in a variable or some complex expression (i.e. a value which is not fixed) to a "template" string. (Imagine that the value of name is not given by you, but will depend on user input instead). Technically you can pass in a string literal to format(), but it's pointless, since you could simply write that fixed value to the string then.