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Python Python Basics (Retired) Things That Count Things That Count

Jeff McCullough
Jeff McCullough
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Posted by Jeff McCullough
Jeff McCullough
5,874 Points

Python Basics Challenge Task 3

I can't get the third line to work. I'm getting an error saying that the variable "summary" needs to be a string. I just can't seem to get this to work without breaking any other parts of the code.

days_alive.py 
age = 38
days = (int(age) * 52) * 7
summary = print("I am {} days old!".format(days))

2 Answers

Nejc Vukovic
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Nejc Vukovic
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 51,574 Points

Hi Jeff.

Well I can't be sure that my help is correct but you could try this (as the error says the summary variable has to be a string):

    summary = "I am {} days old!".format(days)

You don't need the print function because by declaring variables - what's on the right side get evaluated first and then written into the variable.

Jeff McCullough
Jeff McCullough
5,874 Points
Jeff McCullough
Jeff McCullough
5,874 Points

That did work that way. Thanks Nejc.