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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String Formatting

Heather Gilchrist
Heather Gilchrist
4,691 Points
Posted by Heather Gilchrist
Heather Gilchrist
4,691 Points

Using .format() on the string "Treehouse Loves" does not work. What am I doing wrong?

All three of these are giving me the error to be sure to use {} and the .format() function. but even when i execute this i get no errors (on the last lines of code). I am stumped as to what I am doing wrong.

My original code is as follows:

name = "Heather"

subject = "Treehouse Loves {}.".format(name)

then I tried:

name = "Heather"

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

and my final attempt:

name = "Heather"

subject = "Treehouse Loves {}."

print(subject.format(name))

3 Answers

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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You are so close! And here's where challenges get picky... even down to capitalization. You capitalized the "L" in "Loves". It wants lower-case "loves" and no period at the end. Here... take a look at what they want:

name = "Heather"

subject = "Treehouse loves {}".format(name)
Heather Gilchrist
Heather Gilchrist
4,691 Points
Heather Gilchrist
Heather Gilchrist
4,691 Points

oy vey! thank you. I was going to start pulling hair out! At least I did it right the first time (with exceptions to formatting of the string value.)

Thanks so much! That worked!

Ramesh Gopal
Ramesh Gopal
694 Points
Ramesh Gopal
Ramesh Gopal
694 Points

I was stuck here to. Thanks to the brief stall, I can move right along.