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Python Python Basics (Retired) Ins & Outs String Formatting

Yuya Kawahara
Yuya Kawahara
825 Points
Posted by Yuya Kawahara
Yuya Kawahara
825 Points

Cannot figure out what I am doing wrong

name = input("What`s your name? ")

if name == "Kenneth": print("{} is a lumberjack and he/she`s OK!", format(name)) else: print("{} sleeps all night and {} works all day!", format(name, name))

2 Answers

Mario Blokland
Mario Blokland
19,750 Points
Mario Blokland
Mario Blokland
19,750 Points

Hi Yuya Kawahara,

in python you are calling a method by using the dot operator. Try to replace the comma with a dot and put no whitespace between the string, the dot and the format method. So it should look something like this: 

print "some string in here {}".format(some_variable)
shezazr
shezazr
8,275 Points
shezazr
shezazr
8,275 Points

there is no comma before format it should be a full stop.

i.e. "{} blah blah".format(name)