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Python Python Basics Meet Python Using Input

Posted by ab cd
ab cd
86 Points

Shouldn't the input to the variable favorite_color have space on both sides?

After my code, I get this error

AssertionError: Regex matched: 'Mauve ' matches 'Mauve\s{2,}' in 'The color Mauve is a great color!' : Close, but it seems you have an extra space between the color and the word 'is'

My code is: favorite_color = input("What is your favorite color? ") print("The color ",favorite_color," is a great color!")

I believe the output would fetch spaces on both sides of the variable favorite_color.

using_input.py 
favorite_color = input("What is your favorite color? ")
print("The color ",favorite_color," is a great color!")

1 Answer

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points
Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

The issue is that there are too many spaces. When you give print multiple arguments, it automatically adds spaces. There are two ways to fix this. One way is to omit the extra spaces:

favorite_color = input("What is your favorite color? ")
print("The color", favorite_color, "is a great color!")

Another way is to use concatenation (adding strings):

favorite_color = input("What is your favorite color? ")
print("The color " + favorite_color + " is a great color!")

(Concatenation does not manually add spaces)

I hope this helps! :grin: :zap: ~Alex