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Mustafa Kasim
1,938 Pointsfavorite_color = input("What is your favorite color?") print("The color {} is a great color!".format(favorite_color))
Why did the above code work? Why do I use curly brackets and the .format. Note*this code was copied from another post.
1 Answer
Timo Särkkä
Courses Plus Student 5,419 PointsHi Mustafa.
It's called string formatting. The code snippet you provided will let you ask input from the user and store it in a variable (favorite_color in this case). You can then neatly tell python where to place the variable inside your string by using the curly brackets as a placeholder. Using the .format will then actually place the value of the variable inside the string.
You could also place the variable inside the string using concatenation, for example, but it could make the code look messy. Especially when you do this for several variables inside one string.
Hope this helps!