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

Posted by Daniel Ionashku
Daniel Ionashku
411 Points

"Please try using the format command for this task"

I keep running into this error message "Please try using the format command for this task" whenever I try to run it.

Original question: Finally, create a new variable named email_greeting that uses str.format to combine the treehouse variable, the word "loves", and the name variable with spaces between each item. eg: "Treehouse loves Andrew"

name.py 
name = ("Daniel")
treehouse = "Tree" + "house"
email_greeting = treehouse + "loves" + name

1 Answer

Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,913 Points
Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,913 Points

Instead of using string concatenation with the + operator, the question wants you to use the format method on string. Basically, you make a format string with an opening and closing bracket where you want there to be the value of a variable, then you call format on that string and pass it the variables that you want it to replace the brackets with. This should work:

email_greeting = "{} loves {}".format(treehouse, name)
Daniel Ionashku
Daniel Ionashku
411 Points

Yes thank you! I ended up trying that shortly after submitting the question and it worked. Thank you so much :)