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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String Formatting

Posted by Jason Martino
Jason Martino
1,573 Points

NameError: name 'subject' is not defined

I am not sure what I am doing wrong here. I have tried the same code with str() instead of print as well

strings.py 
name = "Jason Martino"
print("Treehouse loves {}".format("name"))

2 Answers

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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The challenge explicitly states that you need to assign the string to the variable named subject. We do this with the following code. Remember, keep your name variable as is.

subject = "Treehouse loves {}".format(name)
Jason Martino
Jason Martino
1,573 Points

Thank you Jennifer!

Kourosh Raeen
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Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

You should pass the name variable to format() without quotes. Also, instead of displaying the string you need to assign it to a variable named subject:

name = "Jason Martino"
subject = "Treehouse loves {}".format(name)