Is there a Python equivalent to template literals in JavaScript?

Question

To provide a basic example, say I wanted to write:

name = str(input())
age = int(input())
print('Hi, {name}, you are {age}.')

In javascript, this would look like:

console.log(`Hi, ${name}, you are ${age}.`)

I assume there is no direct implementation of template literals in Python, as I haven't found any mention on Google / DDG.

If I am correct in thinking that there isn't a direct implementation, have any of you found workarounds? Thanks in advance.

You're after "format strings", see [here](https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/inputoutput.html#fancier-output-formatting) — Robin Zigmond, Aug 31 '20 at 22:00
Perfect, thank you. I actually just now found this & was coming back to close this. Future readers - this example could be solved w/ print(f'Hi, {name}, you are {age}') — mikekoscinski, Aug 31 '20 at 22:04

score 62 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 04 '22 at 17:52

62

You can go with formatted string literals ("f-strings") since Python 3.6

f"Hi {name}, you are {age}"

Or string formatting

"Hi {}, you are {}".format(name, age)
"Hi {name}, you are {age}".format(name=name, age=age)

Or format specifiers

"Hi %s, you are %d" % (name, age)

edited Feb 04 '22 at 17:52

Noelle L.

answered Aug 31 '20 at 22:04

Abhilash

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