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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String Formatting

john herron
john herron
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Posted by john herron
john herron
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Im on the .format() code challenge on python and Im completely lost on what to do

name = "john" subject = "treehouse loves {}" .format("john")

can anyone point out what I'm doing wrong?

strings.py 
name = "john"
subject = "treehouse loves {}"
subject.format("john")

2 Answers

Andreas cormack
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Andreas cormack
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Andreas cormack
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Hi John so for this challenge, the marker is expecting a variable name to be passed to the format method. The way you have written the code, it makes the variable 'name' redundant. When i say redundant i mean you assigned your name to the variable 'name' but then passed a static string to the format method.

so if you pass the variable name to the format method the code would pass.

name = "john"
subject = "treehouse loves {}"
subject.format(name)
Jason Anders
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Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,624 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,624 Points

Hey John,

You're on the right track. There are just a couple of things.

  • When you use the format() method, it has to be used directly on the string being formatted. So, you can't use a second declaration of the variable.

  • You will want to pass in the variable name into the format method and not a hard coded string

  • Finally, and this one is just because the code checker for the challenges are very picky and specific, "Treehouse loves..." needs a capital "T".

name = "john"
subject = "Treehouse loves {}".format(name)

Hope this helps. Keep Coding! :)