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Python Python Basics Meet Python Using Input

Posted by Mathew Yangang
Mathew Yangang
4,433 Points

Assertion error

I keep having an assertion error, not sure what is wrong with the code

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

2 Answers

Alex Koumparos
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Alex Koumparos
Python Development Techdegree Student 36,887 Points
Alex Koumparos
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Alex Koumparos
Python Development Techdegree Student 36,887 Points

Hi Mathew

Look carefully at the rest of the error message you are receiving, specifically where it compares what your code produces to what the code should produce: Your code produces:

'The color Mauveis a great color!'

Your code should produce:

'The color Mauve is a great color!'

Here's another clue: what do you have at the end of your string "The color " that is missing from the beginning of the string "is a great color!"?

Hope that helps

Alex

Brendon Butler
Brendon Butler
4,254 Points
Brendon Butler
Brendon Butler
4,254 Points

You're missing a space at the beginning of "is a great color!" it should be " is a great color!"

Mathew Yangang
Mathew Yangang
4,433 Points

Thanks a lot, that helped