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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String concatenation

Posted by ranjan verma
ranjan verma
254 Points

how to add two variables if these have characters in them? ex. name="ram"+"lakshman" subject="sita"+ "jayah"

how to add two variables if these have characters in them? ex. name="ram"+"lakshman" subject="sita"+ "jayah"

strings.py 
name="Ranjan"+ "Verma"
subject="Treehouse"+"loves"

2 Answers

Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,603 Points
Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,603 Points

Hey there,

you're concatenating correctly but the problem is that you don't have to concatenate each word in the two Strings but you just have to concatenate your name variable with the String in the subject variable like you did with the Strings like so:

name = "Ranjan Verma"
subject = "Treehouse loves " + name

I hope that helps! :)

ranjan verma
ranjan verma
254 Points
ranjan verma
ranjan verma
254 Points

thanks bro