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Mikkel Bielefeldt
3,227 PointsWhat's wrong with my code?
Why do I get an Error here?
name = input("What is your name? ") middle_name = input("What is your middle name, {}? If you don't have one {}, just hit enter! ".format(name)) last_name = input("What is your last name, {}? ".format(name)) full_name = name + middle_name + last_name
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "IfStatements.py", line 4, in <module>
middle_name = input("What is your middle name, {}? If you don't have one {}, just hit enter! ".format(name))
IndexError: tuple index out of range
1 Answer
Steven Parker
243,356 PointsIt looks like your template string (for "format") has two tokens to be replaced, but the "format" is only being given one argument. If you want the same argument to appear twice, include it in the arguments twice.
# original code
"What is your middle name, {}? If you don't have one {}, just hit enter! ".format(name)
# fix using two arguments
"What is your middle name, {}? If you don't have one {}, just hit enter! ".format(name, name)
# another fix would be use only one token
"What is your middle name, {}? If you don't have one, just hit enter! ".format(name)
And for future questions, make sure to use Markdown formatting for the code (as I did here). Instructions can be found in the Markdown Cheatsheet pop-up below the "Add an Answer" area. 