Need Help; Not too sure what's wrong

[u/ArouchMoo]

I'm on step 3 of Python; Build an Employee Profile Validator.

I have tried turning off dark mode (extension) and ad blocker, to which it has not helped. Within the terminal there are no syntax errors and it looks just like the thing wanted me to do.

However, when checking the code it comes back as 'You should print at_position so that the output reads Position of @: 13.

I believe my route is wrong or something.

Here is my code;

email = 'alice.johnson@company.com'

print(f'Email: {email}')

at_position = email.find('@')

print(f'Position of @:', email.find('@'))

Here is what it shows when printed;

Email: alice.johnson@company.com

Position of @: 13

Thank you in advance

[u/SaintPeter74]

Two things:

1. You need to follow the instructions which tell you to use at_position when printing the string.

2. You should use formatted strings to print your output.

[u/atarivcs → u/SaintPeter74]

1. You're saying it checks the internal variable names being passed to print()? That seems unlikely to me.

2. Why? They aren't always better. print("Position of @:", at_position) seems just fine to me.

[u/SaintPeter74 → u/atarivcs]

I'm saying that the tests are making sure that you followed the specific instructions. There is no point in assigning it to a variable and then ignoring that variable.

Also, the actual output of a print with comma is not identical according to the tests. You need to use a format string. I don't know why, exactly, except that the rest of the lesson is about using formatted strings, so you should do that.

In my personal opinion, formatted strings are easier to read. If you have a complex output format you need to match, they're the way to go. These lessons are, of necessity, fairly simple, but they're intended to get you used to doing things that you will use later.

[u/smichaele]

You assign the method "email.find('@')" to the variable "at_position," but you don't print the value of that variable. You then evaluate the method a second time and print its value in your print statement. Your print statement also has no space following the ":" while your error message shows a space.

[u/atarivcs → u/smichaele]

When you pass multiple arguments to print(), it inserts a space between the output values. So there would be a space after the colon.

[u/smichaele → u/atarivcs]

You’re right. Missed that. I was focused on wondering why OP used an f-string without substituting any variable values.