[Tutor] Formatting a string

[Becky Mcquilling]

Thanks, as always.  It all works.

Becky

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 7:08 AM, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com>wrote:

> "Becky Mcquilling" <ladymcse2000 at gmail.com> wrote
>
>
>  Basically, I need to format a string as an example:
>>
>> "He is {what}.format("{wild}")
>>
>> I want to insert wild in place of what and output the resulting text WITH
>> the curly braces.
>>
>
>  what = 'wild'
>>>> "Here is {what}".format(what=what)
>>>>
>>> 'Here is wild'
>
>> "Here is {what}".format(what='wild')
>>>>
>>> 'Here is wild'
>
>> "Here is {{what}}".format(what='wild')
>>>>
>>> 'Here is {what}'
>
>> "Here is {what}".format(what='{wild}')
>>>>
>>> 'Here is {wild}'
>
>>
>>>>
> Take your pick :-)
>
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