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james tyson
1,302 Pointsi am really confused on how i am suppost to out the format i am useing it in this sense subject.format("Treehouse loves
subject.format("Treehouse loves {}",(subject = name))
name = "deja vu, huh?"
subject.format("Treehouse loves {}",(subject = name))
1 Answer
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 PointsYou've got all the parts, but in a jumbled order. Let's break down this task:
OK, now use .format() on the string "Treehouse loves {}"....
.format() is a string method, which means it needs to operate directly on a string or a variable pointing to a string:
"Treehouse loves {}".format()
to put your name into the placeholder.
The placeholder, also called a replacement field, is marked by the curly brackets {}. The arguments to the format method are used, in order, to fill in each replacement field. If more than one, the arguments are separated by a comma.
"Treehouse loves {}".format(name)
Assign this to the variable subject (so start with subject =).
The format method takes a string and returns a new string. To save this new string, it needs to be assigned to a variable. Do this by prepending the code statement above with subject =.
Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!