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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String Formatting

Peter Kerre
Peter Kerre
280 Points
Posted by Peter Kerre
Peter Kerre
280 Points

OK, so now use .format() on the string "Treehouse loves {}" to put your name into the placeholder. Assign this to the va

OK, so now use .format() on the string "Treehouse loves {}" to put your name into the placeholder. Assign this to the variable subject again.

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

When I test from a Python App on my phone , my answer code passes but in the treehouse class it is being failed

[MOD: edited code block -srh]

3 Answers

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi Peter,

Try:

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

This assigns a string to the name variable. Then, we create a subject variable that contains the "Treehouse loves {}" piece. After that we use the format method to insert the contents of name where the curly braces are within the subject string.

Does that make sense?

Steve.

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

I'm not exactly sure why the premise behind your method doesn't work - but the multiple concatenations add nothing to the problem being solved. Also, you aren't assigning the final string back into subject - the problem is not asking for a printed output. Messing with your code gives:

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

This code fails but the output from this looks fine (if you remove the trailing space(s)) so I suspect the test is looking for something too specific. The {} must need to be live, perhaps?

Simplifying further:

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

This also fails. But taking the next logical step and removing the unnecessary subject = subject gives you:

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

That's where the challenge was wanting you to end up so, unsurprisingly, it works!!

Steve.

Bob Buethe
Bob Buethe
3,276 Points
Bob Buethe
Bob Buethe
3,276 Points

The Treehouse lesson is expecting your code to return "Treehouse loves Peter" but it's seeing "Treehouse loves Peter"

You've got a space after "loves " and two more spaces in " {} " so you're getting back too many spaces in "loves Peter ". That's not what the quiz program is expecting.

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

I tried messing with that but couldn't get it past the compiler even with edited spaces. Can you?

Bob Buethe
Bob Buethe
3,276 Points
Bob Buethe
Bob Buethe
3,276 Points

I went back to that exercise and tried this...

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

...and it was accepted. Although...

name = "Bob"
subject = "Treehouse loves " + name

...is much simpler, and was also accepted.

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Interesting! That definitely didn't work yesterday - very odd!

:+1: