Thanks, as always. It all works. Becky
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 7:08 AM, Alan Gauld <[email protected]>wrote: > "Becky Mcquilling" <[email protected]> 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 :-) > > -- > Alan Gauld > Author of the Learn to Program web site > http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >
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