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String formatting

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String formatting basics

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string1 = "This is a apple" # Creating a string

print(string1)

Output

This is a apple

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fruit = "apple"  # Assigning the string "apple" to the variable 'fruit'

string2 = "This is a {}".format(fruit)  
# The '{}' is replaced with the value of 'fruit' using .format()

print(string2)  # Output: This is a apple

Output

This is a apple

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fruit = "apple"  # Assigning the string "apple" to the variable 'fruit'

string2 = f"This is a {fruit}"
# The '{}' is replaced with the value of 'fruit' using f-string formatting

print(string2)  # Output: This is a apple

Output

This is a apple

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name = "Alice"  # Assigning the string "Alice" to the variable 'name'
age = 25  # Assigning the integer 25 to the variable 'age'

# Using an f-string to format the string dynamically
formatted_string = f"My name is {name} and I am {age} years old."

# Printing the formatted string
print(formatted_string)  # Output: My name is Alice and I am 25 years old.

Output

My name is Alice and I am 25 years old.

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name = "Bob"  # Assigning the string "Bob" to the variable 'name'
age = 30  # Assigning the integer 30 to the variable 'age'

# Using the .format() method to insert values into the string
formatted_string = "My name is {} and I am {} years old.".format(name, age)

# Printing the formatted string
print(formatted_string)  # Output: My name is Bob and I am 30 years old.

Output

My name is Bob and I am 30 years old.

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# Assigning values to variables
name = "Bob"  # The person's name
age = 30  # The person's age

# Using the .format() method with positional indexing
# {1} refers to the second argument (name)
# {0} refers to the first argument (age)
formatted_string = "My name is {1} and I am {0} years old.".format(age, name)

# Printing the formatted string
print(formatted_string)  # Output: My name is Bob and I am 30 years old.

Output

My name is Bob and I am 30 years old.

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# Define a string with placeholders {n} and {a} for dynamic insertion of values
formatted_string = "My name is {n} and I am {a} years old.".format(n=name, a=age)

# The .format() method is used to replace the placeholders with the values of 'name' and 'age'
# 'n' corresponds to the 'name' variable, and 'a' corresponds to the 'age' variable

# Print the resulting formatted string to the console
# The output will be: "My name is <value of name> and I am <value of age> years old."
print(formatted_string)  # Display the final formatted string

Output

My name is Bob and I am 30 years old.

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# Assign the name and age values to variables
name = "Charlie"
age = 35

# Use old-style string formatting with % operator
# %s is used for inserting a string (name), and %d is used for inserting an integer (age)
formatted_string = "My name is %s and I am %d years old." % (name, age)

# Print the formatted string with the values inserted in place of %s and %d
print(formatted_string)  # Output: "My name is Charlie and I am 35 years old."

Output

My name is Charlie and I am 35 years old.

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# Define a list of words
words = ["Hello", "World"]

# Use the .join() method to concatenate the elements of the list with a space (" ") between them
# The .join() method joins each element of the list into a single string
sentence = " ".join(words)

# Print the concatenated sentence
# The result will be: "Hello World"
print(sentence)

Output

Hello World

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# Assign the value of pi
pi = 3.1415926535

# Use f-string formatting to round pi to 2 decimal places
# The syntax {pi:.2f} means format the value of 'pi' with 2 decimal places
print(f"Pi rounded to 2 decimals: {pi:.2f}")  

# Use .format() method to round pi to 3 decimal places
# The syntax {:.3f} means format the value of 'pi' with 3 decimal places
print("Pi rounded to 3 decimals: {:.3f}".format(pi))

Output

Pi rounded to 2 decimals: 3.14
Pi rounded to 3 decimals: 3.142

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fruit = "apple" # Assigning the string "apple" to the variable 'fruit' string2 = "This is a {}".format(fruit) # The '{}' is replaced with the value of 'fruit' using .format() print(string2) # Output: This is a apple

fruit = "apple" # Assigning the string "apple" to the variable 'fruit' string2 = f"This is a {fruit}" # The '{}' is replaced with the value of 'fruit' using f-string formatting print(string2) # Output: This is a apple

name = "Alice" # Assigning the string "Alice" to the variable 'name' age = 25 # Assigning the integer 25 to the variable 'age' # Using an f-string to format the string dynamically formatted_string = f"My name is {name} and I am {age} years old." # Printing the formatted string print(formatted_string) # Output: My name is Alice and I am 25 years old.

name = "Bob" # Assigning the string "Bob" to the variable 'name' age = 30 # Assigning the integer 30 to the variable 'age' # Using the .format() method to insert values into the string formatted_string = "My name is {} and I am {} years old.".format(name, age) # Printing the formatted string print(formatted_string) # Output: My name is Bob and I am 30 years old.

# Assigning values to variables name = "Bob" # The person's name age = 30 # The person's age # Using the .format() method with positional indexing # {1} refers to the second argument (name) # {0} refers to the first argument (age) formatted_string = "My name is {1} and I am {0} years old.".format(age, name) # Printing the formatted string print(formatted_string) # Output: My name is Bob and I am 30 years old.

# Define a string with placeholders {n} and {a} for dynamic insertion of values formatted_string = "My name is {n} and I am {a} years old.".format(n=name, a=age) # The .format() method is used to replace the placeholders with the values of 'name' and 'age' # 'n' corresponds to the 'name' variable, and 'a' corresponds to the 'age' variable # Print the resulting formatted string to the console # The output will be: "My name is <value of name> and I am <value of age> years old." print(formatted_string) # Display the final formatted string

# Assign the name and age values to variables name = "Charlie" age = 35 # Use old-style string formatting with % operator # %s is used for inserting a string (name), and %d is used for inserting an integer (age) formatted_string = "My name is %s and I am %d years old." % (name, age) # Print the formatted string with the values inserted in place of %s and %d print(formatted_string) # Output: "My name is Charlie and I am 35 years old."

# Define a list of words words = ["Hello", "World"] # Use the .join() method to concatenate the elements of the list with a space (" ") between them # The .join() method joins each element of the list into a single string sentence = " ".join(words) # Print the concatenated sentence # The result will be: "Hello World" print(sentence)

# Assign the value of pi pi = 3.1415926535 # Use f-string formatting to round pi to 2 decimal places # The syntax {pi:.2f} means format the value of 'pi' with 2 decimal places print(f"Pi rounded to 2 decimals: {pi:.2f}") # Use .format() method to round pi to 3 decimal places # The syntax {:.3f} means format the value of 'pi' with 3 decimal places print("Pi rounded to 3 decimals: {:.3f}".format(pi))