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Python Python Basics (Retired) Ins & Outs Ins & Outs

Posted by Daniele Beyk
Daniele Beyk
3,357 Points

Combining variables does not work

name1 = "Tree" name2 = "house"

print("{}{}".format(name1,name2))

This code works on the "Workspace" but it does not work on the "Challenge Terminal"

name.py

2 Answers

Kenneth Love
STAFF
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

That isn't combining the variables, though. That's printing a string that has both variables' content in it.

You need to make a new variable by combining those two variables or just the strings.

David McCarty
David McCarty
5,214 Points
David McCarty
David McCarty
5,214 Points

The reason this code works on workspaces, is because it is valid code; however, the problem is, this isn't combining the strings as the problems asks you to do.

What you're doing is having two variables and printing them to the console side by side. What the problem wants you to do is create a separate variable that has the string "tree" and "house" put together