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Jonatan Spahn
6,362 PointsCode Challenge Basic Python regarding strings
Why is it that in the python shell you can do the following code name = "John" subject = "Hi my name is {}" print(subject.format(name)) and it returns "Hi my name is John"
but on the code challenge you have to add the .format after the "" such as name = "john" subject = "Treehouse loves {}".format(name) print(subject) which returns "Treehouse loves john"
1 Answer
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi there! It has to do with meeting the exacting requirements of the challenge. The challenge requires that the ending value stored in subject will be the properly formatted string. In your workspace, you've added the formatting in the print statement, but the formatting still isn't saved in the subject variable.
If you don't do the format on the same line with the subject variable assignment, then the value stored in subject will not be what the checker is looking for and count it incorrect.
Hope this clarifies things!
