#String Concatenation fname = 'David' lname = 'Lucus' fullname = fname + lname print(fullname) #what is the issue??? fullname = fname + ' ' + lname #Also, can use the similar syntax of += #Let's put my name into an array names = ['David', 'Lucus'] fullname = '' for n in names: fullname += n + ' ' print(fullname) #yes, this previous example will leave a trailing space, we will see how you could deal with that shortly. #Test of equality str1 = 'AAA' str2 = 'aaa' str3 = 'AAA' if str1 == str2: print('Yes 1 & 2 are equal') if str1 == str3: print('Yes 1 & 3 are equal') if str1 != str2: print('Yes 1 & 3 are not equal')