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Python

Posted by Marisa Blanco
Marisa Blanco
5,358 Points

2 ways, same result, is mine wrong?

In this challenge, I used the following code to print the number of players on the roster

print("There are", len(players), "players on the team")

And Ken used print("There are {} players on the team.".format(len(players)))

They returned the same thing, would my version pose a problem later on? The reason I used it is that I remembered Craig doing it that way in an earlier video in the "lists" lesson.

Thanks

2 Answers

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7,934 Points

The more you write code the better you become. Later on you will understand that there is not really a wrong way of writing code. Everybody is different and they have preference on how they like to write their code. As long as the code works, it's fine. However, there is a proficient way of writing code, something like "Don't repeat yourself" is one of many factors.

# Both of the lines are fine, and no, your version would not pose a problem at all.
print("There are", len(players), "players on the team")
print("There are {} players on the team.".format(len(players)))
Marisa Blanco
Marisa Blanco
5,358 Points
Marisa Blanco
Marisa Blanco
5,358 Points

Awesome, good to know. Thank you for the clarity!