There are various string formatting methods: Python <2.6: "Hello %s" % name Python 2.6+: ";Hello {}&quot;.format(name) (uses str.format) Python 3.6+: f&quot;{name ...

Use Python 3 string formatting. This is still available in earlier versions (from 2.6), but is the 'new' way of doing it in Py 3. Note you can either use positional (ordinal) arguments, or named …

Here's the relevant part of the Python documentation for format string syntax: Format strings contain “replacement fields” surrounded by curly braces {}. Anything that is not contained in …

Sep 5, 2015 · The part after the optional : gives the format (the second argument to the format() function, basically), and you can use more {} placeholders there to fill in parameters. Using …

Mar 9, 2011 · For formatting, if you find difficult with Jinja2, you can use the sqlparse library. However, you probably can format only with Jinja2 if you keep tweaking the whitespace …

Aug 3, 2010 · A newer alternative to % operator is to use str.format. Here's an excerpt from the documentation: str.format(*args, **kwargs) Perform a string formatting operation. The string on …

Mar 6, 2010 · You can use "f-strings" (f for "formatted string literals"), the short format style from Python v3.6 on: f'{1.234:.1f}' Out: '1.2' Or, as a test: f'{1.234:.1f}' == '1.2' Out: True By the way, …

Here's a typical, useful example...: >>> n = 4 >>> p = math.pi >>> '{0:.{1}f}'.format(p, n) '3.1416' the nested {1} takes the second argument, the current value of n, and applies it as specified …

You can also use '{:n}'.format( value ) for a locale representation. I think this is the simpliest way for a locale solution. For more information, search for thousands in Python DOC. For currency, …

Nov 11, 2014 · Use f-strings if you just need to format something on the spot to print or create a string for other reasons, str.format() to store the template string for re-use and then interpolate …