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Python Python Basics Types and Branching If, Else and Elif

mohan Abdul
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mohan Abdul
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Posted by mohan Abdul
mohan Abdul
Courses Plus Student 1,453 Points

An extra closing perin ,""" ) """, with """ .format """ when the top box i.e text editor.

"""print('you should totally learn python {}!".format(first_name))""" in the previous videos we didn't use extra closing bracket when using .format. When in txt editor, the top box, the teacher uses an extra closing bracket? why? it wasn't practiced in previous videos when doing this in the console I.e bottom box - python shell or repl.

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Jonathan Grieve
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Jonathan Grieve
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Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

The extra parentheses ) is what closes the print method at the start of the statement, so this syntax is the correct one. :-)

If it's the conditional code blocks you're referring to generally in Python we don't add parentheses () for those.

Hope this helps you but let me know if you're still confused.