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Harsh Kumar Woike
204 Pointshelp
how to make a variable named summary and insert "days" in the string "i am {} days old"
2 Answers
Andreas cormack
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,011 PointsHi Harsh
you can use the format method to replace {} for your variable. say you had a variable named age with your age and you wanted to insert it into a string like so "My age is {}!", you can call the format method on the string passing in your variable age as the parameter. The more the placeholders the more the parameters you would have to pass in to the format method.
example 1
age=35
"My age is {}!".format(age)
example2
age=35
noOfCars = 5
"My age is {} and I drive {} cars!".format(age,noOfCars)
Andreas cormack
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,011 PointsHi Harsh
I understood what you were asking. I wanted to explain and give you example so you could complete the task on your own.
# this is how you do it
age = 35
days = age *52 * 7
summary = "I am {} days old!".format(days)
Harsh Kumar Woike
204 PointsNow that i re-read your first answer, i understand that you wanted me to complete it on my own. i appreciate it thanks. the explanation was easy.
Harsh Kumar Woike
204 PointsNow that i re-read your first answer, i understand that you wanted me to complete it on my own. i appreciate it thanks. the explanation was easy.
Harsh Kumar Woike
204 PointsHarsh Kumar Woike
204 Pointsthanks for the reply. but maybe i didnt explain myself correctly. I have been given 3 tasks in python basics 'things that count' section. the three tasks are: 1) Create a variable named 'age' that contains your age. (i have completed this task) 2) Now, create a variable named 'days' that is your age multiplied by 52 and multiplied by 7. (i completed this too.) 3) Finally, create a new variable named 'summary' that inserts days into the string "I am {days} days old!" I am not able to complete the 3 task which asks me to create a new variable named 'summary'. please help. thanks.