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

Posted by Terence Kelley
Terence Kelley
268 Points

creating and combining new variable in Python

create a new variable named email_greeting that combines the treehouse variable, the string "loves", and the name variable with spaces between each item. here's what I did email_greetingtreehouse = "loves" + "name" my result was I keep getting it wrong. do not understand please Help!!!!

name.py 
name = "terence" 
treehouse = "Tree" + "house"
email_greetingtreehouse = "loves" + "name"

3 Answers

Graham Mackenzie
Graham Mackenzie
2,747 Points

Hey Terence!

Your first two steps are correct: you created two variables named name and treehouse and assigned them the appropriate string values. So far so good!

Where things go wrong is the third line. The challenge asks you to create a third variable named email_greeting, but you named yours email_greetingtreehouse. So, the first thing to do is put an equals sign = after email_greeting.

The next thing to fix is to leave quotation marks off of both name and treehouse. The reason you leave them off is because these are variable names, but if you put them in quotation marks, the computer will read them as strings. It is proper to have quotation marks around "loves" though, because that is a string.

The next thing to do is to make sure and add a space on either side " loves ". The reason you have to do this is because the strings you assigned on the first two lines don't have any spaces in them. So, if you put them together with "loves" instead of " loves ", the printed email_greeting would read "Treehouselovesterence" instead of "Treehouse loves terence".

Lastly, you need to make email_greeting equal to a variable + a string + a variable, as the challenge is requesting. Specifically, what they are looking for is treehouse + " loves " + name. That way, when they use the variables you've assigned above, the printed message will read "Treehouse loves terence" just like the challenge is looking for.

I hope this helps!

Be Well, Graham Arthur Mackenzie

Terence Kelley
Terence Kelley
268 Points

Thanks very much :)

C H
C H
6,587 Points
C H
C H
6,587 Points

Think of the variable name as representing exactly what it = for a string, so the quotation marks are already included as a part of it.

name = "Terence"
treehouse = "Tree" + "house"
#This will become "treehouse" as the two strings become one. So, "red" + "blue" would become "redblue"

email_greeting = treehouse + " loves " + name
#no quotes on variable names and the spaces need to be explicit to show, see the spaces around " loves " instead of "loves"
Graham Mackenzie
Graham Mackenzie
2,747 Points
Graham Mackenzie
Graham Mackenzie
2,747 Points

Sure thing! If my response answered your question successfully, it would mean a lot to me if you selected it as the best answer to your question.

Thanks! and Be Well, Graham