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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String Formatting

Ashley Stewart
Ashley Stewart
3,519 Points
Posted by Ashley Stewart
Ashley Stewart
3,519 Points

Format method.

How to format? I have tried print(the variable name.format()

strings.py 
name = "Ashley"
subject = "Treehouse loves {}"  
print(subject.format(name))

2 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

You are very close

name = "Ashley"
subject = "Treehouse loves {}".format(name)
Alexander Lourenco
Alexander Lourenco
7,577 Points
Alexander Lourenco
Alexander Lourenco
7,577 Points

Out of curiosity, what is the behavior you're getting? Chris' example will work, but the original example should work as well- since subject is a string, you can call its format method on it. Your pasted code runs for me in both python 2 and python 3.

Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

Hi Alexander. It has to do with the expectations of the challenge grader and not what will simply run. The print doesn't set the new value of subject. Plus the grader wants the format on the same line as the string template.