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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String Formatting

Yusuf Cattaneo
Yusuf Cattaneo
522 Points
Posted by Yusuf Cattaneo
Yusuf Cattaneo
522 Points

What am I doing wrong?

name = "Yusuf" subject = "Treehouse loves {}" print(subject.format{name})

strings.py 
name = "Yusuf"
subject = "Treehouse loves {}"
print(subject.format{name})

2 Answers

Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,118 Points
Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,118 Points

Ah, it's because you need to assign the result to the subject variable, rather than print it:

name = "Yusuf"
subject = "Treehouse loves {}".format(name)
Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,118 Points
Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,118 Points

You just need to change your curly braces to parentheses around the name variable:

name = "Yusuf"
subject = "Treehouse loves {}"
print(subject.format(name))
Yusuf Cattaneo
Yusuf Cattaneo
522 Points
Yusuf Cattaneo
Yusuf Cattaneo
522 Points

I switched my answer to this name = "Yusuf" subject = "Treehouse loves ()" print(subject.format(name))

and I am still getting an error