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Margaret Maginnis
199 Pointswhat what what am I doing wrong. I cannot format the next challenge
can someone show me exactly what I should be writing to be correct in formatting?
name = "Margaret"
subject = "Treehouse loves " + name
status_message = "Treehouse loves + { } "
"My { } is { }" .format ("name" , "Margaret")
print (status_message .format ( name, Margaret))
print (status_message)
4 Answers
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherIt wants you to use string interpolation and assign the string to the variable subject. See my code for the correct formatting.
name = "Jane"
subject = "Treehouse loves {}".format(name)
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherYour code in a project of your own should work. However, the challenge specifically asks you to take the formatted string (all of it) and assign it to a variable... not print it. That's why the challenge fails. If you do something the challenge doesn't specifically ask you to do , the code (even if functional) will likely fail the challenge as it can't properly identify the results. This is what you need.
name = "Ragnar"
subject = "Treehouse loves {}".format(name)
Andreas Ragnar Hansen
1,871 PointsThanks for clarifying...
Margaret Maginnis
199 PointsI'll try this-thanks Jennifer!
Andreas Ragnar Hansen
1,871 PointsWhy gives this code me an error message? Technically is should be right?
name = "Ragnar"
subject = "Treehouse loves {}"
print(subject.format(name))