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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String concatenation

Posted by Nadia Balogou
Nadia Balogou
212 Points

I keep getting an error message saying that I need extra spaces when using + but not sure how to format it

I am supposed to concatenate 'treehouse loves' + 'name'

strings.py 
name = 'Nadia'
subject = 'treehouse loves'   +    'name'

4 Answers

Martin Smith
Martin Smith
Courses Plus Student 467 Points

First issue is don't put quotes around name, thats a variable and you don't need quotes around it. Secondly add a space between loves and the ending quotation '.

What that does is instead of outputting:

treehouse lovesNadia

which your code currently does.

it'll output:

treehouse loves Nadia
Robert Lyon
Robert Lyon
7,551 Points
Robert Lyon
Robert Lyon
7,551 Points

Try adding a space to the string. subject = 'Treehouse loves ' + 'name'

Nadia Balogou
Nadia Balogou
212 Points
Nadia Balogou
Nadia Balogou
212 Points

Hi, I have tried adding spaces in different places but still running into the error message unfortunately.

Robert Lyon
Robert Lyon
7,551 Points
Robert Lyon
Robert Lyon
7,551 Points

Just noticed you have quotes around the variable name aswell try removing those. subject = 'Treehouse loves ' + name