Lesson 21:

String Formatting

You can typically combine strings with +.



In [1]:

    
'hello ' + 'world!'









    Out[1]:





'helloworld!'

This gets harder with more variables.



In [4]:

    
name = 'Alice'
place = 'Main Street'
time = '6 pm'
food = 'turnips'

print('Hello ' + name + ', you are invited to a party at ' + place + ' at ' + time + '. Please bring ' + food + '.')









    



Hello Alice, you are invited to a party at Main Street at 6 pm. Please bring turnips.

Python has string interpolation, which uses %s to insert other strings into placeholders.



In [8]:

    
print(' Hello %s, you are invited to a party at %s at %s. Please bring %s.' % (name, place, time, food))









    



 Hello Alice, you are invited to a party at Main Street at 6 pm. Please bring turnips.