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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String concatenation

or porat
or porat
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Posted by or porat
or porat
684 Points

cant pass this question

its ask me to make a varible called "subject" = 'treehouse loves' and use the + key with my name varible. so i wrote: name = 'or' subject = 'treehouse loves' + 'or' were did i go wrong?

thanx!

strings.py 
name = 'or'
subject = "treehouse loves" + 'or'
or porat
or porat
684 Points
or porat
or porat
684 Points

i mean why i need extra spaces?

3 Answers

AJ Longstreet
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name = 'or'
subject = "treehouse loves" + 'or'

Would result in "Treehouse lovesor"

name = 'or'
'treehouse loves ' + name

note the space after loves.

jacksonpranica
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jacksonpranica
jacksonpranica
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Basically when you use the string concatenation, your code:

name = 'or'
subject = "treehouse loves" + 'or'

Will print out "treehouse lovesor"

You need an extra space at the end of "treehouse loves " <--- see how there's a space between the word loves and the " (quotation mark)?

This will help the sentence print out like "treehouse loves or" with a space between loves and the word or. Treehouse is telling you you are wrong as a way to make sure you make sure to add spaces so when you bring words together they have a space between them.

so the correct code is 

name = 'or'
subject = "treehouse loves " + 'or'

OR YOU CAN USE 

name = 'or'
subject = "treehouse loves " + name