Python String Interpolation

08 Aug, 2021
String Interpolation is the process of substituting values of variables into placeholders in a string. Let’s consider an example to understand it better, suppose you want to change the value of the string every time you print the string like you want to print “hello <name> welcome to geeksforgeeks” where the <name> is the placeholder for the name of the user. Instead of creating a new string every time, string interpolation in Python can help you to dynamically change the placeholder with the name of the user. 
% – Formatting is a feature provided by Python which can be accessed with a % operator. This is similar to printf style function in C.
Example: Formatting string using % operator
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# Python program to demonstrate# string interpolation  n1 = 'Hello'n2 = 'GeeksforGeeks' # for single substitutionprint("Welcome to % s" % n2) # for single and multiple substitutions()# mandatoryprint("% s ! This is % s." % (n1, n2))
Welcome to GeeksforGeeks
Hello ! This is GeeksforGeeks.
Let’s say it’s just a complicated version, but we can use it if we have a lot of variables to get substituted in the string as we don’t always want to use(“string” + variable + “string” + variable + variable + “string”) this representation. So for this purpose, we can go with %-formatting.
Note: To know more about %-formatting, refer to String Formatting in Python using %
str.format()work by putting in one or more replacement fields and placeholders defined by a pair of curly braces { } into a string. The value we wish to put into the placeholders and concatenate with the string passed as parameters into the format function. 
Example: Formatting strings using format() method
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# Python program to demonstrate# string interpolation  n1 = 'Hello'n2 = 'GeeksforGeeks' # for single substitutionprint('{}, {}'.format(n1, n2))
Hello, GeeksforGeeks
We can also use the variable name inside the curly braces {}. This will allow us to use the parameters of format functions in any order we want.
Example: Format functions with variables inside curly braces.
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n1 = "Hello"n2 = "GeeksForGeeks" # for single or multiple substitutions# let's say b1 and b2 are formal parameters# and n1 and n2 are actual parametersprint("{b1}! This is {b2}.".format(b1=n1, b2=n2)) # we can also change the order of the# variables in the string without changing# the parameters of format functionprint("{b2}! This is {b1}.".format(b1=n1, b2=n2))
Hello! This is GeeksForGeeks.
GeeksForGeeks! This is Hello.
Note: To know more about str.format(), refer to format() function in Python
PEP 498 introduced a new string formatting mechanism known as Literal String Interpolation or more commonly as F-strings (because of the leading f character preceding the string literal). The idea behind f-strings is to make string interpolation simpler. 
To create an f-string, prefix the string with the letter “ f ”. The string itself can be formatted in much the same way that you would with str.format(). F-strings provide a concise and convenient way to embed python expressions inside string literals for formatting.
Example: Formatting Strings using f-strings
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# Python program to demonstrate# string interpolation  n1 = 'Hello'n2 = 'GeeksforGeeks' # f tells Python to restore the value of two# string variable name and program inside braces {}print(f"{n1}! This is {n2}")
Hello! This is GeeksforGeeks
(2 * 3)-10 = -4
We can also use f-strings to calculate some arithmetic operations and it will perform the inline arithmetic. See the below example – 
Example: Inline arithmetic using f-strings
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a = 2b = 3c = 10 print(f"({a} * {b})-{c} = {(2 * 3)-10}")
(2 * 3)-10 = -4
Note: To know more about f-strings, refer to f-strings in Python
In the String module, Template Class allows us to create simplified syntax for output specification. The format uses placeholder names formed by $ with valid Python identifiers (alphanumeric characters and underscores). Surrounding the placeholder with braces allows it to be followed by more alphanumeric letters with no intervening spaces. Writing $$ creates a single escaped $:
Example: Formatting string using Template Class
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# Python program to demonstrate# string interpolation  from string import Template n1 = 'Hello'n2 = 'GeeksforGeeks' # made a template which we used to# pass two variable so n3 and n4# formal and n1 and n2 actualn = Template('$n3 ! This is $n4.') # and pass the parameters into the template string.print(n.substitute(n3=n1, n4=n2))
Hello ! This is GeeksforGeeks.
Note: To know more about String Template class, refer to String Template Class in Python
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