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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String Formatting

Aideen Fay
Aideen Fay
953 Points
Posted by Aideen Fay
Aideen Fay
953 Points

STRINGS Please help as I've been stuck on this for a long time !!!!

subject="Treehouse Loves {}".format("name") name="Aideen"

strings.py 
subject="Treehouse Loves {}".format("name")
name="Aideen"

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

You need to define the name variable first, so switch the order of the lines.

And then when you pass it to the "format" function, don't put quotes around it. Quotes make it into a string literal, which represents the word itself instead of what was assigned to the variable.