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Fin Muir
Fin Muir
1,108 Points
Posted by Fin Muir
Fin Muir
1,108 Points

Task 1 isn't passing

I am doing this coding challenge with 2 tasks. I tried to click on check work on the second task but it just told me that task one wasn't passing

strings.py 
name = "Fin"
subject = .format("Treehouse loves {}"(name))

1 Answer

Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,119 Points
Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,119 Points

You sometimes get that message when you have introduced a syntax error with your attempt at the second challenge, and it means nothing gets executed at all (which means the first challenge fails).

That is the case here. You have the order mixed up a little in that last line. The correct syntax is:

subject = "Treehouse loves {}".format(name)

"Treehouse loves {}" is a string, and format() is a string method. You call the format method on the string, and the argument you pass to the method (name, in this case), goes where the placeholder {} is.