Python code for creating clickable link throwing error

Question

I am using Python 3 and below is my code which I am using to create clickable links once the data is returned from the data frame.

 #Create Clickable Link Value

df_linky = df_sorted
df_linky['Thread'] = df_sorted['Title'] + '#&#' + df_sorted['Link']
def make_clickable_both(val): 
    name, url = val.split('#&#')
    return f'<a href="{url}">{name}</a>'
df_compl = df_linky[['Thread','Score','Date Posted','Time Posted','Brand']]
df_complete = df_compl.reset_index(drop = True).set_index('Score')
df_complete = df_complete.style.format({'Thread': make_clickable_both})
return df_complete

I am getting an error in terminal

    return f'<a href="{url}">{name}</a>'
                                       ^
   SyntaxError: invalid syntax

And in the return value

429 {name}  2019-05-16  03:11   Smart Water

At the place of "{name}" it should be the name of the link, can any one suggest what is going wrong with this, I am using pandas library.

Not all versions of Python 3 support them, so you should update — ForceBru, May 16 '19 at 19:08
Use other types of formatting: `'%s' % (url, name)` or `'{}'.format(url, name)`. — ForceBru, May 16 '19 at 19:13
Awesome return '{}'.format(url, name) did the trick superb thank you. You can submit your answer I will approve it — Piyush Patil, May 16 '19 at 19:21
A link to the [docs](https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/string.html#formatspec) of the format specification language is my answer :P — ForceBru, May 16 '19 at 19:24
It is for the first time I was using Python for html conversion Lol My python usage was specific only to Server side and deployment scripts — Piyush Patil, May 16 '19 at 19:27

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 16 '19 at 19:39

You're using "f-string," which was introduced in Python 3.6.

You can either update your Python version to 3.6, or you can do it like this:

return '<a href="{}">{}</a>'.format(url, name)

You need Python 2.6 or above for this to work.

Or you can use this "Old-school" formatting that "has been in the language since the very beginning."

return '<a href="%s">%s</a>' % (url, name)

Python code for creating clickable link throwing error

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