Convert f-string syntax to print in older versions of python

Question

How do i convert an f-string in python so that it can be printed by python version older than 3.6?

print(f"Player 1: {move1}  Player 2: {move2}")

When I try to run this in Python (3.5.3) it gives me a syntax error.

Try `print("Player 1: {move1} Player 2: {move2}".format(move1=move1, move2=move2))` — pault, Jun 10 '19 at 21:05
Personally I don't think your question is a duplicate of the one linked. The answer is to use the [`format()`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str.format) method of the built-in `str` class, which will work in both current and past versions (upto the point when _that_ feature was added anyway — which was in Python 2.6). — martineau, Jun 10 '19 at 21:50

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 10 '19 at 21:08

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print("Player 1: {move1} Player 2: {move2}".format(move1=move1, move2=move2))

will work in most recent versions of python. As will

print("Player 1: {}  Player 2: {}".format(move1, move2))

and if you want to use the old formatting syntax that'll work in python2 as well:

print("Player 1: %s  Player 2: %s" % (move1, move2))

answered Jun 10 '19 at 21:08

Green Cloak Guy

Could also just do `print(f"Player 1: {move1} Player 2: {move2}")`. – Error - Syntactical Remorse Jun 10 '19 at 21:10
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@Error-SyntacticalRemorse The question is how to replace the f-string with something compatible with earlier versions of Python. – chepner Jun 10 '19 at 21:15
@chepner I understand but the answer said: "will work in most recent versions of python" so I figured might as well put that there to since `format` is already there (which is for recent python versions). – Error - Syntactical Remorse Jun 10 '19 at 21:18

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