Introduction
Welcome to my 28th blog post. On day 28th of my python coding journey I learned about a way to format strings in python using f-strings. 'f-string' is the new formatting mechanism that got introduced in python in PEP 498. Let's dive into more details to understand 'f-strings'
So let's get started......
String formatting
In python, string formatting can be done using the 'format' Keyword
Example -
txt = "For only {price:.2f} dollars!" # .2f sets the decimal points
print(txt.format(price = 49))
For only 49.00 dollars!
f-strings
New string formatting mechanism introduced by PEP 498.
Also known as literal string Interpolation or more commonly as 'f-strings'
The primary focus of this mechanism is to make the interpolation easier.
When we prefix the string with the letter 'f', the string becomes the f-string itself.
f-string offers a convenient way to embed Python expressions inside string literals for formatting.
Example -
val = 'Geeks'
print(f"{val}for{val} is a portal for {val}.")
name = 'XYZ'
age = 100
print(f"Hello, My name is {name} and I'm {age} years old.")
Output -
GeeksforGeeks is a portal for Geeks.
Hello, My name is XYZ and I'm 100 years old.
Here in the above example, we have used the f-string to format the string. It evaluates at runtime; we can put all valid Python expressions in them.
Using f-string in a single statement -
Example
print(f"{2 * 30})"
60
Some more code -
letter = "Hey my name is {} and I am from {}"
country = "India"
name = "Chintan Jain"
print(letter.format(name, country))
#here the statment gets messed up, if we change the order
letter = "Hey my name is {} and I am from {}"
print(letter.format(country, name))
print("\n")
# to fix the above formatting we use numbers as below
letter = "Hey my name is {1} and I am from {0}"
print(letter.format(country, name))
print("\n")
#using fstrings
print(f"Hey my name is {name} and I am from {country}")
#to print the statement that we use fstrings like this
print(f"We use f-strings like this: Hey my name is {{name}} and I am from {{country}}")
Output -
Hey my name is Chintan Jain and I am from India
Hey my name is India and I am from Chintan Jain
Hey my name is Chintan Jain and I am from India
Hey my name is Chintan Jain and I am from India
We use f-strings like this: Hey my name is {name} and I am from {country}
Resources Used
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Conclusion
Thanks, guys for going through this blog post. On day #28 we learned about f-strings in Python and a new way to format the strings.
Thank you if you read this post and have found this post useful. I hope you have joined me and are enjoying my magical journey of python coding. This is it for Day #28
See you in the next one.....
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