Task 2 on strings formatting

you call the format method on a template string with the argument of what goes in the blanks in the template. here the template is 'treehouse loves {}'. to call a method on an object you put object.method(argument). so after that template string, put a dot and format ( .format()) and in the parens of the format method where the argument goes, put the variable holding your name. the format method will return the template string formatted with the argument given, in this case your name, and store that in the second variable.

Jessica, Did you ever figure out what the task was actually wanting you to do? I'm stuck where you are. I think I understand how .format() works, but I can't figure out what the task actually wants.

name = 'Ryan'

subject 'Treehouse loves {}'

print(subject.format(name))

It doesn't work and doesn't say it wants anything printed anyway. I've tried a lot of things, and nothing works.

EDIT: You just use the .format() method directly on the string itself.

name = 'Ryan'

subject = 'Treehouse loves {}'.format(name)

It would have been useful if we were told we could use .format() that way at some point before the task. I hope the rest of Treehouse is better at teaching than this considering this is the VERY beginning.