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

Paul Feric
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Paul Feric
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Posted by Paul Feric
Paul Feric
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summary help

i need help for the third step of the day and age thing and i did the first 2 questions correctly but the third is asking me to make the variable summary and asks me to do something with the age thing and i cant seem to do it plz help

days_alive.py 
age = 16

days = 5824

summary = "I am {5824} days old!".

2 Answers

jamescool
jamescool
44,592 Points

Hi Paul. Did you learn anything about concatenation or string interpolation in the videos? There are a few ways to carry this out, actually. Concatenation would involve using the "+" operator to join together strings and the value of the variable:

summary = "I am " + days + "old!"

Interpolation would involve something slightly different. If it's expecting you to utilize interpolation (and not concatenation) you can find the answer pretty easily online. :)

Also, be careful about stray periods in your code!

Paul Feric
Paul Feric
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Paul Feric
Paul Feric
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i did learn concatenation. im just confused on why you dont put quotes over days and you do on i am and old

Paul Feric
Paul Feric
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Paul Feric
Paul Feric
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so i did the summary thing you told me to do and its telling me that task 1 is not passing

jamescool
jamescool
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jamescool
jamescool
44,592 Points

It's because days is a variable, while the other parts are strings. If the word days was also within quotes, the interpreter would not be able to tell that it should display its value.

If task one is not passing, back up and re-do the quiz. This might solve the problem you're experiencing.

Paul Feric
Paul Feric
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Paul Feric
Paul Feric
Courses Plus Student 724 Points

im so sorry to keep bothering you but i backed it up many times and i tried doing days = 16*52*7 instead of what it equals to and i did the summary thing and it keeps telling me task one isnt passing and when i go back to task when it says great and says move one im so confused.