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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String concatenation

Posted by Simon Gogwe
Simon Gogwe
3,648 Points

variable subject has to start with "treehouse loves"

where is this code wrong?

strings.py 
name = " Simon Gogwe "
subject = " Treehouse loves "
" Treehouse loves " + " Simon Gogwe "

1 Answer

Caleb Kemp
Caleb Kemp
12,755 Points
Caleb Kemp
Caleb Kemp
12,755 Points

Okay, your pretty close, right now you have this

name = " Simon Gogwe "
subject = " Treehouse loves "
" Treehouse loves " + " Simon Gogwe "

however, instead of 

subject = " Treehouse loves "
" Treehouse loves " + " Simon Gogwe "

it wants you to do that all on one line as

subject = " Treehouse loves " + name

then there is one more slight error to get it to work The code requires that you actually input "Treehouse loves" right now, your's is " Treehouse loves ", you have an extra space at the beginning and end of the string, and that will cause it to fail hope it helps