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Python

Posted by Turner Atteberry
Turner Atteberry
163 Points

I'm stuck on the final strings code challenge. cant figure out what I'm doing wrong and ideas?

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

But this does not work I've tried putting "" around name I have tried everything all it says is error error error any ideas?

Turner Atteberry
Turner Atteberry
163 Points

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/python-basics/python-data-types/string-formatting

Gerald Wells
Gerald Wells
12,763 Points

Did that solve your issue?

3 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

But if I recall how that challenge worked, it wanted you to assign the formatted string to the subject variable.

:point_right: It did not want you to print anything.

Another hint: you can use format directly on the string that has the {}'s.

Turner Atteberry
Turner Atteberry
163 Points

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/python-basics/python-data-types/string-formatting challenge 2 is giving me the trouble

Gerald Wells
Gerald Wells
12,763 Points
Gerald Wells
Gerald Wells
12,763 Points

Please include a link to the challenge.

Turner Atteberry
Turner Atteberry
163 Points

just added it

Gerald Wells
Gerald Wells
12,763 Points
Gerald Wells
Gerald Wells
12,763 Points

Okay so the problem isn't requesting you to print anything. The problem states

"now use .format() on the string "Treehouse loves {}" to put your name into the placeholder. Assign this to the variable subject again."

so your code would look like this:

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

You are printing the solution which is the problem, it is simply asking you to create a variable "subject" and assign it the value "Treehouse loves" and format that string with the variable name.