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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String Formatting

Posted by kriss carmin
kriss carmin
1,638 Points

I feel like i am not getting the question. when i work out this equation in python, it works. but not on the test.

name = "kriss" subject = "treehouse loves {}" str.format(subject,name)

In the python workspace it comes out to 'treehouse loves kriss'

but the test is coming out incorrect...

strings.py 
name = "kriss"
subject = str.format("Treehouse loves {} ",name)

1 Answer

crosscheckking
crosscheckking
20,110 Points

There seem to be two different sets of code in your post, so I'm not sure which one is your most recent. To use format(), you just need to put it after a period that comes right after a string literal like so

'Here is some {}'.format(variable_you_want_to_put_in_senctence)

then you just put the variable inside the parenthesis. In this case it would be name. Here is the answer:

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