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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String Formatting

oliverchou
oliverchou
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Posted by oliverchou
oliverchou
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about the format method

when I write: .format(name) does the format method put in the "name" or the variable?

David Dzsotjan
David Dzsotjan
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David Dzsotjan
David Dzsotjan
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In this form, it will put the value of the <name> variable in the placeholder, as in

name = 'Kevin'
print('{}'.format(name))  # will output Kevin

To put the word 'name', you gotta type

print('{}'.format('name'))  # will output name

Hope this helps :)

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Russell Sawyer
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Russell Sawyer
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Russell Sawyer
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Russell Sawyer
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The .format() puts whatever you have in the parentheses inside the place holder in the string represented by the {}. For the challenge you put the variable in the parentheses and the output would be "Treehouse loves Kevin". 

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

If you put a string in the parentheses instead of a variable then the result would be "Treehouse loves Russell"

name = 'Kevin'
subject = "Treehouse loves {}".format('Russell')

Also, you can pass multiple values with multiple place holders. "Treehouse loves Kevin and Russell"

name = 'Kevin'
subject = "Treehouse loves {} and {}".format(name, 'Russell')