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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String Formatting

Huijuan Pei
Huijuan Pei
1,537 Points
Posted by Huijuan Pei
Huijuan Pei
1,537 Points

I have tries the following code, does not seem to work?

I have tries the following code, does not seem to work?

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

strings.py 
name=" Huijuan Pei"
subject="Treehouse loves{}".format(name)

2 Answers

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

Hi Huijuan,

I think it isn't letting you pass this because you haven't put a space between "loves" and the placeholder. Please see the code below I used to pass this challenge:

name = "Tom"

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

Hope this helps! Happy Coding!!!

tomasvukasovic
tomasvukasovic
24,022 Points

That shouldn't be the problem in fact you can try it out in a simple python shell, format works sorta the same as %s and as the string is a chain of characters the spaces is treated the same way so it really doesnt matter where the place holder is

tomasvukasovic
tomasvukasovic
24,022 Points
tomasvukasovic
tomasvukasovic
24,022 Points

It should work, what is your print output?