# Build an Employee Profile Generator - Step 2

**URL:** <https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/build-an-employee-profile-generator-step-2/800500>\
**Category:** Curriculum Help\
**Tags:** python\
**Created:** [September 18, 2026, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/build-an-employee-profile-generator-step-2/800500 "2026-09-18T13:51:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kamalesh16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/34f0e0/32.png) [@Kamalesh16](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/Kamalesh16)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2026, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/build-an-employee-profile-generator-step-2/800500/1 "2026-09-18T13:51:18Z")

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### Tell us what’s happening:

In the step 2, I done the full name with concatenating the first and last name and result was correctly shown in the terminal but it don’t go to the next step. It shows You should assign a string formed by concatenating first\_name and last\_name to your full\_name variable.  
what can i do to move to next step. I already try the read and search method and also the code is correct

### Your code so far

```py
first_name = 'John'
last_name = 'Doe'
print(first_name)
print(last_name)
# User Editable Region
full_name = first_name + "" + last_name
print(full_name)

# User Editable Region

```

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### Challenge Information:

Build an Employee Profile Generator - Step 2

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**Author:** ![ILM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/ilm/32/363239_2.png) [@ILM](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/ILM)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/build-an-employee-profile-generator-step-2/800500/2 "2026-09-18T13:55:16Z")

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> [@Kamalesh16](#):
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> `first_name + "" + last_name`

you are also concatenating a third thing, when you are asked to only concatenate the two variables

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**Author:** ![travisburgett615](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/travisburgett615/32/422785_2.png) [@travisburgett615](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/travisburgett615)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/build-an-employee-profile-generator-step-2/800500/3 "2026-10-16T22:42:15Z")

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What is the correct way to accomplish this then? I’m also having trouble and nothing in the app is helping

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**Author:** ![ILM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/ilm/32/363239_2.png) [@ILM](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/ILM)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2026, 6:19am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/build-an-employee-profile-generator-step-2/800500/4 "2026-10-17T06:19:01Z")

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you need to concatenate only the two variables, not adding a third thing

as this is not your topic, maybe create your own topic showing your code and asking for help