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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String concatenation

Ramon Berke
Ramon Berke
637 Points
Posted by Ramon Berke
Ramon Berke
637 Points

I am stuck in the Challenge Task 2 of 2 in python Basics. Can someone say where I did the mistake.

I already defined the variable name as my name "Ramon" and then the second task says "OK! Make a new variable named subject that concatenates (uses the + sign) the string "Treehouse loves" and your name variable. You've probably received an email or two with this subject already!" I wroted this: name = "Ramon" subject = "Treehouse loves" subject += name

The bummer says "Remember that using + means your strings need extra spaces". where is my mistake?

strings.py 
name = "Ramon"
subject = "Treehouse loves"
subject += name
Nicolas Peña Uribe
Nicolas Peña Uribe
355 Points

the error is that you are deining the variable subject once again so you should be using the same variable so t would be subkect= "treehouse loves" + name

1 Answer

Ted Dunn
Ted Dunn
43,783 Points
Ted Dunn
Ted Dunn
43,783 Points

Ideally, you should just do the 2nd part of the challenge in the assignment of the string to the variable subject. I don't know if that is causing a problem; as you currently have it coded there is no space between the word loves and Ramon, so that is most likely why it is not passing.

name = "Ramon"
subject = "Treehouse loves  " + name
Ramon Berke
Ramon Berke
637 Points
Ramon Berke
Ramon Berke
637 Points

Thank you so much. You were right, I did it like this and it worked.