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Angelo Pucine
676 Pointsformatting
Didn't see much of a difference from the last video to now when inserting the format brackets.
1 Answer
Andreas cormack
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,011 PointsHi Angelo
The difference between string concatenation and the format method is that format method allows you to be more precise with where your variables are put into a given string .
my_age =35
my_height = 5.8
ordinarily with string concatenation i would have to return "My age is "+my_age+" and my height is "+my_height;. In this example you would have to make sure you your spacing between variable are correct and so on in order for the string to display correctly.
The format method makes still very easy by just return the string as you would type it out replacing your variables {} in the string.
return "My age is {} and my height is {}".format(str(my_age),str(my_height)).
This way is far more simple then doing string concatination. hope this helps