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

Posted by marwanbakr
marwanbakr
2,942 Points

Why isn't this working? It's not turning days into a string.

It says that my summary variable isn't a string. What's wrong?

days_alive.py 
age = 11
days = age * 52 * 7

summary = "I am {} days old!", str(days)

1 Answer

Justin Iezzi
Justin Iezzi
18,199 Points
Justin Iezzi
Justin Iezzi
18,199 Points

You're missing the .format() method required to implement your string into the first string. Your str(days) conversion works fine, though.

See here -

summary = "I am {} days old!".format(str(days))