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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String concatenation

Posted by Kim Du Ross
Kim Du Ross
246 Points

please help with challange task 2 of 2 in strings

Hello,

I am a bit stuck, can you please check out my code and let me know where I went wrong.

Many thanks

Kim

strings.py 
name = "Kim"
subject = "Treehouse Loves"
print "subject" + "name+

2 Answers

Ben Reynolds
Ben Reynolds
35,170 Points
Ben Reynolds
Ben Reynolds
35,170 Points

A value in quote marks is called a string literal, and will be printed exactly as it appears in the quotes. So if i have this code:

print("subject" + "name")

It will actually print "subject name". The variable names don't have to be in quotes, the strings they contain will be printed when the program runs. It should look similar to this:

var1 = "string 1"
var2 = "string 2"
print(var1 + var2)
# this will print "string 1 string 2"
Kim Du Ross
Kim Du Ross
246 Points
Kim Du Ross
Kim Du Ross
246 Points

Hi Ben, Thanks for the advice it is much appreciated.