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Jing Zhi Tay
571 PointsHow do i add a string version of a variable? what does that even mean?
what does this mean?
age = 21
days = (age*52*7)
estimate = round(days)
summary =
2 Answers
Charlie L.
10,120 PointsAdding to Michael's answer. Almost all values can be a string or some other type. For example:
"this is a string"
this_is_a_variable = "Which holds the value of this string."
23 # this is a number
"23" # this is a string
However in the current question, it's asking you to put the variable into a string.
summary = "I am {} days old!"
To understand this, you need to review the ".format" method for strings. The format method allows you to place values within strings (sometimes called string interpolation) without having to explicitly change the type of the input. So now with that information, you can do the following:
summary = "I am {} days old".format(estimate)
Check out the ".format" method and be sure to get it down since you'll be using it pretty often.
Hope this helps!
Michael Joyce
6,214 PointsIf you want to change an integer into a string you need to wrap it in a str() method. Try summary = str(estimate). By using str() you are changing estimate into a string. Keep in mind you can no longer perform calculations etc.