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Chris Phillips
220 PointsI'm formatting strings like so: subject = "Treehouse loves {}" print(subject.format(name)) it works in the console
I'm formatting strings like so: subject = "Treehouse loves {}" print(subject.format(name)) works in the console but not in the lesson...
name = "Chris"
subject = "Treehouse loves {}"
print(subject.format(name))
2 Answers
Stéphane Diez
19,350 PointsWhen you use {} in a string, you need to format that with the format() function.
name = "Chris"
subject = "Treehouse loves {}".format(name)
print(subject)
Chris Phillips
220 Pointsyes, that's how I finally solved it... but it works both ways...
subject="blah blah blah {}" subject.format(name)
is the same as
subject="blah blah blah {}".format(name)
isn't it?
Stéphane Diez
19,350 PointsYes it's the same, but it's better to use .format() after the string.