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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String Formatting

Posted by Maciej Znalezniak
Maciej Znalezniak
111 Points

Problem with code

name = str("Deja vu") subject = ("Treehouse loves ".format(name)) +"{}" print(subject.format(name))

strings.py 
name = ("Deja vu")
subject = str("Treehouse loves ".format(name)) +"{}"
print("Treehouse loves".format(name))

2 Answers

james south
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james south
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james south
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james south
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you don't need to print if it doesn't say to print. you don't need to cast strings as strings. the curly braces are not added to the string, they go in the string. they are a placeholder, then what is in the format method call goes in them.

Maciej Znalezniak
Maciej Znalezniak
111 Points
Maciej Znalezniak
Maciej Znalezniak
111 Points

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

it wokrs! Thanks!