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Posted by MUZ140089 Lokuthaba Mlalazi
MUZ140089 Lokuthaba Mlalazi
2,137 Points

challenge 3

hi guys! how do i create create a new variable named email_greeting that puts treehouse and name into "x loves y" so x is treehouse and y is name??

name.py 
name= "lokuthaba"
treehouse= "Tree" + "house"
email_greeting= (treehouse

1 Answer

Andreas cormack
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Andreas cormack
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You need to use the format method of the string class like this 

name= "lokuthaba"
treehouse= "Tree" + "house"
email_greeting= "X loves Y".format(treehouse,name)

hence if the string you want to return is "Treehouse loves lokuthaba" that's how you would do it.

Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
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Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
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But you'd use {} instead of either X or Y.

Andreas cormack
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Andreas cormack
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upps yes {} instead of the X and Y

MUZ140089 Lokuthaba Mlalazi
MUZ140089 Lokuthaba Mlalazi
2,137 Points

got it! thanks guys