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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String Formatting

Posted by Garry Cobb
Garry Cobb
429 Points

My code is correct but it's not passing me on

The challenge asks me to use .format to pass the variable name into the string "Treehouse loves {}". I have the following code and it is not letting me pass. Yet I use it in the console and it works:

name = 'Garry' subject = 'Treehouse loves {}' print(subject.format(name))

1 Answer

Žiga Pregelj
Žiga Pregelj
18,126 Points
Žiga Pregelj
Žiga Pregelj
18,126 Points

Hello, you are doing it the wrong way; .format(name), makes that name (in that case Gary) appears inside {} in a string variable named subject. Like this:

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