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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String Formatting

Posted by Kelsey West
Kelsey West
287 Points

can't pass this one: OK, so now use .format() on the string "Treehouse loves {}" to put your name

OK, so now use .format() on the string "Treehouse loves {}" to put your name into the placeholder. Assign this to the variable subject again.

This is what the question is asking for and I don't know what I keep doing wrong. How do I pass this?

strings.py

1 Answer

Mike Bozee
Mike Bozee
39,385 Points
Mike Bozee
Mike Bozee
39,385 Points

Here, notice format syntax below:

name = 'Kelsey'
subject = 'Treehouse loves {}'.format(name)
Kelsey West
Kelsey West
287 Points

Ok. Thanks. I was putting parenthesis around it and an extra parenthesis around the Kelsey.