Place a string within a string

Question

I want to do something along the lines of

print("hello, your name is [name]")

but I don't want to do it like

print("hello, your name is "+name)

because I want to be able to place [name] anywhere in the string.

Is there some way to do this in python?

Possible duplicate of [How do I put a variable inside a String in Python?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2960772/how-do-i-put-a-variable-inside-a-string-in-python) — Georgy, Nov 12 '18 at 14:58

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 18 '18 at 06:12

Option 1, old style formatting.

>>> name = 'Jake'
>>> print('hello %s, have a great time!' % name)
hello Jake, have a great time!

Option 2, using str.format.

>>> print('hello {}, have a great time!'.format(name))
hello Jake, have a great time!

Option 3, string concatenation.

>>> print('hello ' + name + ', have a great time!')
hello Jake, have a great time!

Option 4, format strings (as of Python 3.6).

>>> print(f'hello {name}, have a great time!')
hello Jake, have a great time!

Option 2 and 4 are the preferred ones. For a good overview of Python string formatting, check out pyformat.info.

It's just missing [template strings](https://docs.python.org/3/library/string.html#template-strings). — shmee, Oct 18 '18 at 05:51

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 18 '18 at 05:42

1

print(f"hello, your name is {name}")

There are other methods as well.

answered Oct 18 '18 at 05:42

Kapocsi

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 18 '18 at 05:42

0

This is called string formatting: print('Hello, my name is {}'.format(name))

You can do something more complex as well:

print('Hello, my name is {0}, and here is my name again {0}'.format(name)'

answered Oct 18 '18 at 05:42

iDrwish

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 18 '18 at 05:43

0

From python3.6 you can use f string:

print(f'your name is {name}')

Or you can use format:

print('your name is {}'.format(name))

answered Oct 18 '18 at 05:43

Osman Mamun

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 18 '18 at 05:45

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print("hello, your name is %s" % ('name')) also works for you.

You can extend it to more variables like:

>>> print("%s, your name is %s" % ('hello', 'name'))
hello, your name is name

answered Oct 18 '18 at 05:45

atline

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