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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String concatenation

Posted by Chase Hollander
Chase Hollander
Courses Plus Student 210 Points

what does it mean to add an extra space when using the +

I don't know what this means

strings.py 
name = 'Chase'
subject = "Treehouse loves" + "name"

1 Answer

Ameer baddar
Ameer baddar
Courses Plus Student 582 Points

Hey there,

They re talking about an extra space at the end of "Treehouse loves ", so that it would be readable, cause with no extra space it would look like this " Treehouse lovesChase". You put the extra space at the end like this : 

subject = "Treehouse loves " + name;

The "+" sign is used for concatenation, it says " that what comes after the + is a variable go look for its value, and replace it". so you can't put name between " " since it is a variable, cause it would be printed "name", and it wont grab the value, which is your name in this example.