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Python

Posted by Shandralynn Mayberry
Shandralynn Mayberry
948 Points

madlibs print statement

In your solve code, you use 3 separate print statements. This is mine: print("I enjoy practice! I find it helps me to ", verb1, "better. Without practice, my ", noun1, "would probably not even work. My code is getting more ", adj1, "every single day!") Is this okay? Or does the statement need to be broken up into 3 separate statements? I understand why it would be broken up (possibly easier to debug?). I think I just got comma happy because my train of thought was "and this, then this, then this."

Shandralynn Mayberry
Shandralynn Mayberry
948 Points

Also, I used numerical tags at the end in case it eventually ended up being a longer form (verb1, noun1, adj1 could then be expanded upon with verb2, noun2, adj2, etc).

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

You style works as long as it's readable. Here are some alternatives along with wrapping long lines:

# Your style works as long as it's readable. Here are some alternatives along
# with wrapping long lines:

verb1 = "think"
noun1 = "brain"
adj1 = "precise"

# original code
print("I enjoy practice! I find it helps me to ", verb1, "better. Without practice, my ", noun1, "would probably not even work. My code is getting more ", adj1, "every single day!")

# I enjoy practice! I find it helps me to  think better. Without practice, my  brain would probably not even work. My code is getting more  precise every single day!

# same, but wrapped
print("I enjoy practice! I find it helps me to ", verb1, "better. Without "
      "practice, my ", noun1, "would probably not even work. My code is "
      "getting more ", adj1, "every single day!")

# I enjoy practice! I find it helps me to  think better. Without practice, my  brain would probably not even work. My code is getting more  precise every single day!

# older format style
print("I enjoy practice! I find it helps me to %s better. Without" % verb1,
      "practice, my %s would probably not even work. My code is" % noun1,
      "getting more %s every single day!" % adj1)

# I enjoy practice! I find it helps me to think better. Without practice, my brain would probably not even work. My code is getting more precise every single day!

# new format style

print("I enjoy practice! I find it helps me to {} better.".format(verb1),
      "Without practice, my {} would probably not even work.".format(noun1),
      "My code is getting more {} every single day!".format(adj1))

# I enjoy practice! I find it helps me to think better. Without practice, my brain would probably not even work. My code is getting more precise every single day!

# using newest f strings
print(f"I enjoy practice! I find it helps me to {verb1} better. Without "
      f"practice, my {noun1} would probably not even work. My code is getting "
      f"more {adj1} every single day!")

# I enjoy practice! I find it helps me to think better. Without practice, my {noun1} would probably not even work. My code is getting more {adj1} every single day!

Notice:

  • Bare strings can be listed without commas, but that also means that no additional space will be added between them.
  • using a .format() method or the %s formating requires commas between the arguments. This adds a space between arguments
  • f strings can be concatenated without commas