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Narek Grigoryan
717 PointsString formatting
this is frustrating!
name = "narek"
treehouse = "Tree"+ "house"
"Treehouse loves Andrew = email_greeting= ("{} loves {}".format(name, treehouse))
when you do string-3 it say nomb 1 oops not passing! its look like teasing me ! any ideas? thanks!
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 PointsI reformatted your code by wrapping the code block with
```python
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Narek Grigoryan
717 PointsThanks Chris!
6 Answers
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 PointsIn your latest attempt:
1
name = "narek"
2
treehouse = "Tree"+ "house"
3
email_greeting = "{} loves {}" .format(name, treehouse)
There are two errors: A space between the string and the .format() method. And the arguments to the .format() method are reversed giving "narek loves Treehouse", which may be true but it is not what they're looking for.
email_greeting = "{} loves {}".format(name, treehouse)
Brendan Whiting
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 84,738 PointsRemember that everything to the right of the equals sign gets put into the variable on the left of the equals sign.
You started out by writing out the string "Treehouse loves Andrew". We don't want to write this out literally, we want to create this string of text programmatically, and we want to use your name not Andrew's. This line of code should just start with the variable name you're putting everything into - email_greeting - and then the equals sign. The next part works right. You've wrapped it all in parenthesis, which is unnecessary, but still works. The whole line of code without the extra parentheses could look like this
email_greeting = "{} loves {}".format(treehouse, name)
Narek Grigoryan
717 Pointsemail_greeting = ("{} loves {}" .format(name, treehouse)) its not working
Brendan Whiting
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 84,738 PointsThat will make "Narek loves Treehouse", but they want "Treehouse loves Narek".
Narek Grigoryan
717 PointsThanks ! you are phyloGenies :)
Jake Nisenboim
3,374 PointsTake out the brackets;
name = "narek"
treehouse = "Tree"+ "house"
email_greeting = "{} loves {}" .format(name, treehouse)
Should work. Let me know.
Narek Grigoryan
717 PointsNano narek more43 Challenge Task 3 of 3
Now let's practice using string formatting and placeholders.
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" Important: The code you write in each task should be added to the code written in the previous task. Preview Get Help Check Work name.py
This the very nice instructions from teacher... lol its bean 4-6 hours i cant get trou
Narek Grigoryan
717 PointsPython 3.5.0 (v3.5.0:374f501f4567, Sep 13 2015, 02:27:37) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.
>>> name = "narek"
treehouse = "Tree" + "house"
treehouse loves narek = email_greeting = ("{} loves {}".format (name, treehouse))
SyntaxError: multiple statements found while compiling a single statement
>>>
help pls!
Brendan Whiting
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 84,738 PointsTwo things:
1) There shouldn't be anything to the left of email_greeting. That is the name of the variable you're putting everything into. We hope that it will be the string "Treehouse loves narek" inside that variable, you shouldn't be typing it out explicitly
2) Inside the .format method you're making the same mistake again with the variables in the wrong order - it should be (treehouse, name) not (name, treehouse). The repl won't object to this but you'll need to have them in the right order to pass the challenge.
Jake Nisenboim
3,374 Pointsname = "narek"
treehouse = "Tree"+ "house"
email_greeting = "{} loves {}".format(treehouse, name)
Should work. You had an extra pair of brackets.
Let me know
Narek Grigoryan
717 PointsChallenge Task 3 of 3
Now let's practice using string formatting and placeholders.
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"
.................. Bummer! Try again!.................!!!!!
1 name = "narek" 2 treehouse = "Tree"+ "house" 3 email_greeting = "{} loves {}" .format(name, treehouse)
Hello guys, i do exactly like you but, this time stupid prog says TRY AGAIN, AGAIN AND AGAIN, this is unbelievable! thanks to everyone ! dont spend your time. I will let it go.
Jake Nisenboim
3,374 PointsCan you copy paste your new code?
Brendan Whiting
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 84,738 PointsYou have the variables in the wrong order. It should be format(treehouse, name) not format(name, treehouse).
Not to be a jerk, but I've mentioned this issue two times already in this thread.
Aaron Loften
12,864 PointsAaron Loften
12,864 PointsHey Narek. Could you post your code in the question a little cleaner?
If you indent your code by four spaces, it will format in a way that is easier to read. Right now, it is hard to tell what is what. I think I see what the problem is, but id like to see it better formatted before answering.