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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String Formatting

Vinod Chauhan
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Vinod Chauhan
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OK, now use .format() on the string "Treehouse loves {}" to put your name into the placeholder. Assign this to the varia

OK, now use .format() on the string "Treehouse loves {}" to put your name into the placeholder. Assign this to the variable subject (so start with subject =). You do not need to print() anything.

strings.py
name ="Deja vu, huh?"
print ("name.format()")
subject = treehouse loves {Vinod}
print("subject.format()")

2 Answers

Alexandra Barnett
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Alexandra Barnett
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 46,473 Points

Hi Vinod! You don't actually need to print anything for this challenge :). What it wants you to do is add your name (from the name variable) to the string "Treehouse loves" like this:

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

You use the curly braces as the "placeholder" for your variable and then add the .format() function onto the end and put your variable inside the brackets. I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions :)

WELL I DID LIKE THIS BUT DOESNT WORK