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Posted by Richard McDonald
Richard McDonald
91 Points

Creating a variable and using the + sign to concatenate strings

Creating a variable and using the + sign to concatenate strings. not sure how anyone please help?

name.py 
name = ("Richard")

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points

Strings can be concatenated together using the + sign

name = "Richard"
last = "McDonald"
full_name = name + last
# or
full_name = "Richard" + "McDonald"

Though the first stage of the challenge is asking for:

name = "Richard McDonald"
Richard McDonald
Richard McDonald
91 Points

I'm new at this so I really appreciate your help Thanks.