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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String concatenation

Brian Healy
Brian Healy
485 Points
Posted by Brian Healy
Brian Healy
485 Points

How do you concatenate 2 strings?

name = 'Brian' subject = "Treehouse_loves + 'name'"

strings.py 
name = 'Brian'
subject = 'Treehouse_loves 
'subject' + 'name'

1 Answer

Thomas Fildes
Thomas Fildes
22,687 Points
Thomas Fildes
Thomas Fildes
22,687 Points

Hi Brian,

Please see the below code I used to pass this challenge:

name = "Tom"

subject = "Treehouse loves " + name

Since "name" is a variable, you don't need to nest it inside quotation marks as you need to display the stored value in your "name" variable. Once you do this, the "subject" variable will equal "Treehouse loves Brian"

Hope this helps! Happy Coding!!!