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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String Formatting

Posted by Margaret Maginnis
Margaret Maginnis
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I'm trying to use .format in a PYTHON string & keep getting the wrong answer. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

I'm trying to format string but keep getting an error.

strings.py 
name = "Margaret"
subject = "Treehouse loves "  +  name
status_message = "Treehouse loves  + {}"
"My {} is {}" .format ("name", "Margaret")
print (status_message .format ( name, Margaret )) 
print (status_message)

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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You're overthinking it I think. In a challenge it's important to never do more than they actually ask for. Even if your code is functional (or would be) outside of the challenge, it's possible that it will send back a response to the thing interpreting your code with something they don't expect. I'll show you the code and walk you through it.

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

On the first line we define a variable of "name" and assign your name to it. Then we define a new variable named subject and use string interpolation to assign a new string and format it including your name (which is stored in the name variable). Hope this clears things up a bit!