# Build an Employee Profile Validator - Step 7 **URL:** \ **Category:** Curriculum Help\ **Tags:** python\ **Created:** [October 10, 2026, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/build-an-employee-profile-validator-step-7/802078 "2026-10-10T23:19:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ccmilbrot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/ccmilbrot/32/419615_2.png) [@ccmilbrot](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/ccmilbrot)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/build-an-employee-profile-validator-step-7/802078/1 "2026-10-10T23:19:02Z")
### Tell us what’s happening: Showing correct in the terminal, but saying "You should assign ’ sARaH dAVis ’ to messy\_name. I already have it assigned to it and I’ve checked the string for any mistakes and I can’t find any. ### Your code so far ```py email = 'alice.johnson@company.com' print(f'Email: {email}') at_position = email.find('@') print(f'Position of @: {at_position}') username = email[:at_position] print(f'Username: {username}') has_at = '@' in email print(f'Has @ symbol: {has_at}') has_com = '.com' in email print(f'Has .com: {has_com}') # User Editable Region messy_name ="' sARaH dAVis '" print(f"Original name: {messy_name}") # User Editable Region ``` ### Your browser information: User Agent is: `Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:157.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/157.0` ### Challenge Information: Build an Employee Profile Validator - Step 7 > **[freeCodeCamp.org](https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/python-v9/workshop-employee-profile-validator/step-7)** > > Learn to Code for Free GitHub Link: [freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/workshop-employee-profile-validator/69e6299710319e7cb8ebdc37.md at main · freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp · GitHub](https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp/blob/main/curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/workshop-employee-profile-validator/69e6299710319e7cb8ebdc37.md) ---
**Author:** ![ccmilbrot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/ccmilbrot/32/419615_2.png) [@ccmilbrot](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/ccmilbrot)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2026, 3:06am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/build-an-employee-profile-validator-step-7/802078/2 "2026-10-11T03:06:39Z")
Nevermind, I figured it out with the help of Socrates. If anyone else is struggling with this step in a similar way, the answer is much dumber than you could ever imagine. You can get the correct output in a different way, but it’s not THEIR way, so they won’t let you pass. I think the wording of the prompt needs to be made more clear so that future learners understand EXACTLY how FreeCodeCamp wants the code written. ---
**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 11, 2026, 11:12am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/build-an-employee-profile-validator-step-7/802078/3 "2026-10-11T11:12:30Z")
> Create a variable `messy_name` and assign it the string `sARaH dAVis` with two leading spaces and two trailing spaces. here it does not mention quotes at all but if you want to propose a change to this step you can do so by [creating a github issue](https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp/issues/new/choose) ---
**Author:** ![psychoaizo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/psychoaizo/32/422815_2.png) [@psychoaizo](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/psychoaizo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 6:02am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/build-an-employee-profile-validator-step-7/802078/4 "2026-10-18T06:02:11Z")
this is the answer it’s actually dumb ```python code removed by moderator ``` ---
**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 18, 2026, 7:34am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/build-an-employee-profile-validator-step-7/802078/5 "2026-10-18T07:34:13Z")
It is great that you solved the challenge, but instead of posting your full working solution, it is best to stay focused on answering the original poster’s question(s) and help guide them with hints and suggestions to solve their own issues with the challenge. [How to Help Someone with Their Code Using the Socratic Method](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-help-someone-with-their-code-using-the-socratic-method/) We are trying to cut back on the number of spoiler solutions found on the forum and instead focus on helping other campers with their questions and definitely not posting full working solutions. ---
**Author:** ![Divakar70](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/divakar70/32/422831_2.png) [@Divakar70](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/Divakar70)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/build-an-employee-profile-validator-step-7/802078/6 "2026-10-18T17:31:23Z")
I tried the solution but it did not worked. But this worked instead for me `code removed by moderator` ---
**Author:** ![dhess](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/dhess/32/406235_2.png) [@dhess](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/dhess)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/build-an-employee-profile-validator-step-7/802078/7 "2026-10-18T17:40:40Z")
It is great that you solved the challenge, but instead of posting your full working solution, it is best to stay focused on answering the original poster’s question(s) and help guide them with hints and suggestions to solve their own issues with the challenge. [How to Help Someone with Their Code Using the Socratic Method](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-help-someone-with-their-code-using-the-socratic-method/) We are trying to cut back on the number of spoiler solutions found on the forum and instead focus on helping other campers with their questions and definitely not posting full working solutions. ---
**Author:** ![gorneyjo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/gorneyjo/32/422868_2.png) [@gorneyjo](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/gorneyjo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/build-an-employee-profile-validator-step-7/802078/8 "2026-10-19T13:47:29Z")
messy\_name = ’ sARaH dAVis ’ print(f’Original name:{messy\_name}') Thats my code so far but it won’t let me move on because the quotation marks aren’t there. Can anyone help me figure out how to put them in? ---
**Author:** ![dhess](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/dhess/32/406235_2.png) [@dhess](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/dhess)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/build-an-employee-profile-validator-step-7/802078/9 "2026-10-19T13:51:37Z")
Welcome to the forum @gorneyjo, Please create your own topic when you have specific questions about your own challenge code. Only respond to another thread when you want to provide help to the original poster of the other thread or have follow up questions concerning other replies given to the original poster. The easiest way to create a topic for help with your own solution is to click the **Help** button ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/original/4X/5/6/8/568b1b6e89c76a44c6101616536a722ce36fa6c0.png) located on each challenge. This will automatically import your code in a readable format and pull in the challenge URL while still allowing you to ask any question about the challenge or your code. Thank you.