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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String Formatting

Posted by Benjamin Parris
Benjamin Parris
3,249 Points

why is this wrong for part 2 of 2? I tried it in the shell and it works fine

Challenge task 2 of 2

strings.py 
name ="benjamin"
subject ="Treehouse loves {}"
subject = subject.format(name)

1 Answer

Ryan S
Ryan S
27,276 Points
Ryan S
Ryan S
27,276 Points

Hi Benjamin,

Yes your code is a perfectly legitimate way of doing it, however this challenge is particularly picky in that it wants you to format the string and assign it to subject all in the same line:

name ="benjamin"
subject ="Treehouse loves {}".format(name)
Benjamin Parris
Benjamin Parris
3,249 Points

Thanks Ryan