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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String Formatting

Posted by Jermaine Thomas
Jermaine Thomas
2,397 Points

OK, now use .format() on the string "Treehouse loves {}" to put your name into the placeholder.

What is wrong with my answer?

strings.py 
name = "Jermaine Thomas"
subject = .format("Treehouse loves {}")

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,788 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,788 Points

The template string you apply the "format" method to must go on the left side, in front of the period.

Then the argument you put in parentheses is where the text is you want to plug into the placeholder of the template.

Alex Life
Alex Life
16,114 Points
Alex Life
Alex Life
16,114 Points

“String {}”.format(what goes in the brackets)