Error message for my use of the format() built-in function

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Here's my code, and the error message:

>>> message = ‘The price of this {0:s} laptop I {1:d} USD and the exchange rate is {2:4.2f} USD to 1 EUR’.format(‘Apple’, 1299, 1.23342342)
SyntaxError: invalid character in identifier

According to the book I'm following, my code is correct. I should mention that the word "The" is highlighted in pink and the words "and" "is" both show up yellow.

It looks like you are using the wrong quotes. Use the ' or " characters to quote your string. — Craig
– Craig, Commented Apr 25, 2017 at 2:40

Soviut · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-25 02:41:27Z

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You're using the wrong quote characters, you need to use ' or ".

message = 'The price of this {0:s} laptop I {1:d} USD and the exchange rate is {2:4.2f} USD to 1 EUR'.format('Apple', 1299, 1.23342342)

edited Apr 25, 2017 at 2:41

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answered Apr 25, 2017 at 2:40

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TJE Over a year ago

Of course, thanks. I sure wish the error message would point at the quotes.

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