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

Posted by MUZ140348 Sympathy Makururu
MUZ140348 Sympathy Makururu
10,209 Points

Finally, create a new variable named email_greeting that puts the treehouse variable and the name variable into the sent

Finally, create a new variable named email_greeting that puts the treehouse variable and the name variable into the sentence "X loves Y" but with treehouse for X and name for Y. Don't forget your spacing!

name.py 
name= "Sympathy"
treehouse = "Tree" + "house"
email_greeting = "{Treehouse} loves {Sympathy}".format(treehouse, name)
Joey Sadowski
Joey Sadowski
1,361 Points

name = "joey" treehouse = "Tree" + "house" email_greeting = "{}loves {}".format(name , treehouse)

That is my code. I get "Try Again" any ideas

Joey Sadowski
Joey Sadowski
1,361 Points

name = "joey"

treehouse = "Tree" + "house"

email_greeting = "{}loves {}".format(name , treehouse) That is my code not the first post.

4 Answers

Matthew Carr
Matthew Carr
11,220 Points
Matthew Carr
Matthew Carr
11,220 Points

You can also give each placeholder a name, and then inside format() you pass the variable to the name. For instance, this code would work as well.

name= "Sympathy"
treehouse = "Tree" + "house"
email_greeting = "{first_placeholder} loves {some_name}".format(first_placeholder=treehouse, some_name=name)
MUZ140348 Sympathy Makururu
MUZ140348 Sympathy Makururu
10,209 Points
MUZ140348 Sympathy Makururu
MUZ140348 Sympathy Makururu
10,209 Points

Thank you. I got it right.

Joey Sadowski
Joey Sadowski
1,361 Points
Joey Sadowski
Joey Sadowski
1,361 Points

What was the right code

Argenis Sosa
Argenis Sosa
1,701 Points
Argenis Sosa
Argenis Sosa
1,701 Points

Hi guys, check the code below.

name= "Sympathy" treehouse = "Tree" + "house"

email_greeting = " {} loves {} ".format(treehouse, name)

print(email_greeting)

In python 3.0 the "{}" always stay empty inside the string sentence you write, the " {} " works mainly as a place holders where you will later on assign a specific value to. In this case the values were variables containing values in themselves. You assign the values to the place holders using ".format( ) " at the end of your string (see example up top). Hope I somewhat explained it well and that it was helpful.

Cheers! -AR