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Python

Posted by Sean Moder
Sean Moder
1,294 Points

I am just starting out with Python and I have a beginners question. what is the purpose of .format?

For instance:

else:


    print('You should learn python,{}!'.format(first_name))

Is this just letting the program know to insert first_name in the braces? Thanks

1 Answer

Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
20,315 Points
Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
20,315 Points

Yes, it is telling the program you want to add something in between those curly braces, so in this instance it is your first_name variable. When calling the format() method on a string it knows to look for a set of braces in your string, then take whatever you have passed into the method and put that wherever the braces are in your string. Hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions