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

Kyle McCartney
Kyle McCartney
2,198 Points
Posted by Kyle McCartney
Kyle McCartney
2,198 Points

I have to create a variable that puts treehouse and name into "X loves Y"

X is equal to treehouse and y equals name. The variable has to be email_greeting.

I'm stuck here...

name.py 
name = ("Kyle")
treehouse = ("Tree" + "house")

2 Answers

Sreng Hong
Sreng Hong
15,083 Points
Sreng Hong
Sreng Hong
15,083 Points

Hi Kyle,

It's like this:

name = ("Kyle") #this is as x
treehouse = ("Tree" + "house") #this is as y

email_greeting = treehouse + " loves " + name

And don't forget the spaces around the word loves.

Hope this helps.

Tree Casiano
Tree Casiano
16,436 Points
Tree Casiano
Tree Casiano
16,436 Points

Hi Kyle, I use the formatting syntax below:

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

The arguments you put in the .format() will replace the curly brackets in the string.