Assign a value to the variable and use it inside another variable in python

Question

I'm new to python. I want something like we use in shell

new_folder = nice

folder1= /opt/$new_folder/nnn

I tried to concatenate and also used % but it doesn't work.

Can someone please help?

Regards, B

You should show the exact code you used when you "tried to concatenate and also used %", and the actual error you got rather than "it doesn't work". — Daniel Roseman, May 05 '17 at 10:53
Possible duplicate of [Is there a Python equivalent to Ruby's string interpolation?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4450592/is-there-a-python-equivalent-to-rubys-string-interpolation) — Darrick Herwehe, May 05 '17 at 13:19

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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Like here in this post explained:

"Hello %s, my name is %s" % ('john', 'mike') # Hello john, my name is mike".

So for you:

new_folder = "nice"
folder1= "/opt/%s/nnn" % (new_folder)

edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

Community

answered May 05 '17 at 10:59

MrZed

Thank you so much @MrZed . It worked.. Thanks again :) – user4432340 May 08 '17 at 04:20

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 05 '17 at 10:55

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You can do this:

new_folder = "nice"
folder1 = "/opt/{}/nnn".format(new_folder)
# or 
folder1 = "/opt/" + new_folder + "/nnn"

answered May 05 '17 at 10:55

Thomas Kowalski

You can check some of the examples: https://docs.python.org/2/library/string.html#format-examples – stefan.stt May 05 '17 at 11:01
Thank you so much @thomas kowalski – user4432340 May 08 '17 at 04:22

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