Escape curly braces inside triple quotes in python

Question

I am trying to get the curly braces around capablities printed but it doesnt work for some reasons. Please advise.

name = 'john'
age = '18'
country = 'us'

grant = f"""
path "{name}-{age}-{country}" {
     capabilities = [ "update", "read", "list" ] 
  }
"""
print(grant.format(name,app_name,env))

What exactly is the expected output of your print statement? — Jack Fleeting, Jan 30 '20 at 20:44
It's not clear what the f-string should fill in, and what the `format` method should. — chepner, Jan 30 '20 at 20:50
@chepner I get keyerror when i try to double them KeyError: '\n capabilities = ' — Karthik, Jan 30 '20 at 20:53
Because the `capabilities = [ ... ]` isn't a valid replacement field. What exactly is supposed to be replaced by the values of `name`, `app_name`, and `env` when you call the `format` method? — chepner, Jan 30 '20 at 21:06

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 30 '20 at 20:56

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If you're using f-strings you don't need to use .format:

name = 'john'
age = '18'
country = 'us'

grant = f"""
path "{name}-{age}-{country}" {{
    capabilities = [ "update", "read", "list" ]
}}
"""
print(grant)

prints out

path "john-18-us" {
     capabilities = [ "update", "read", "list" ]
}

answered Jan 30 '20 at 20:56

JMeahl

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That worked! Thanls a lot @JMeahl – Karthik Jan 30 '20 at 22:24

Escape curly braces inside triple quotes in python

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