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Python String Formatting


F-String was introduced in Python 3.6, and is now the preferred way of formatting strings.

Before Python 3.6 we had to use the format() method.


F-Strings

F-string allows you to format selected parts of a string.

To specify a string as an f-string, simply put an f in front of the string literal, like this:

Example

Create an f-string:

txt = f"The price is 49 dollars"
print(txt)
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Placeholders and Modifiers

To format values in an f-string, add placeholders {}, a placeholder can contain variables, operations, functions, and modifiers to format the value.

Example

Add a placeholder for the price variable:

price = 59
txt = f"The price is {price} dollars"
print(txt)
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A placeholder can also include a modifier to format the value.

A modifier is included by adding a colon : followed by a legal formatting type, like .2f which means fixed point number with 2 decimals:

Example

Display the price with 2 decimals:

price = 59
txt = f"The price is {price:.2f} dollars"
print(txt)
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You can also format a value directly without keeping it in a variable:

Example

Display the value 95 with 2 decimals:

txt = f"The price is {95:.2f} dollars"
print(txt)
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Perform Operations in F-Strings

You can perform Python operations inside the placeholders.

You can do math operations:

Example

Perform a math operation in the placeholder, and return the result:

txt = f"The price is {20 * 59} dollars"
print(txt)
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You can perform math operations on variables:

Example

Add taxes before displaying the price:

price = 59
tax = 0.25
txt = f"The price is {price + (price * tax)} dollars"
print(txt)
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You can perform if...else statements inside the placeholders:

Example

Return "Expensive" if the price is over 50, otherwise return "Cheap":

price = 49
txt = f"It is very {'Expensive' if price>50 else 'Cheap'}"

print(txt)
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Execute Functions in F-Strings

You can execute functions inside the placeholder:

Example

Use the string method upper()to convert a value into upper case letters:

fruit = "apples"
txt = f"I love {fruit.upper()}"
print(txt)
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The function does not have to be a built-in Python method, you can create your own functions and use them:

Example

Create a function that converts feet into meters:

def myconverter(x):
  return x * 0.3048

txt = f"The plane is flying at a {myconverter(30000)} meter altitude"
print(txt)
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More Modifiers

At the beginning of this chapter we explained how to use the .2f modifier to format a number into a fixed point number with 2 decimals.

There are several other modifiers that can be used to format values:

Example

Use a comma as a thousand separator:

price = 59000
txt = f"The price is {price:,} dollars"
print(txt)
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Here is a list of all the formatting types.

Formatting Types
:< Try it Left aligns the result (within the available space)
:> Try it Right aligns the result (within the available space)
:^ Try it Center aligns the result (within the available space)
:= Try it Places the sign to the left most position
:+ Try it Use a plus sign to indicate if the result is positive or negative
:- Try it Use a minus sign for negative values only
Try it Use a space to insert an extra space before positive numbers (and a minus sign before negative numbers)
:, Try it Use a comma as a thousand separator
:_ Try it Use a underscore as a thousand separator
:b Try it Binary format
:c Converts the value into the corresponding Unicode character
:d Try it Decimal format
:e Try it Scientific format, with a lower case e
:E Try it Scientific format, with an upper case E
:f Try it Fix point number format
:F Try it Fix point number format, in uppercase format (show inf and nan as INF and NAN)
:g General format
:G General format (using a upper case E for scientific notations)
:o Try it Octal format
:x Try it Hex format, lower case
:X Try it Hex format, upper case
:n Number format
:% Try it Percentage format

String format()

Before Python 3.6 we used the format() method to format strings.

The format() method can still be used, but f-strings are faster and the preferred way to format strings.

The next examples in this page demonstrates how to format strings with the format() method.

The format() method also uses curly brackets as placeholders {}, but the syntax is slightly different:

Example

Add a placeholder where you want to display the price:

price = 49
txt = "The price is {} dollars"
print(txt.format(price))
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You can add parameters inside the curly brackets to specify how to convert the value:

Example

Format the price to be displayed as a number with two decimals:

txt = "The price is {:.2f} dollars"
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Check out all formatting types in our String format() Reference.


Multiple Values

If you want to use more values, just add more values to the format() method:

print(txt.format(price, itemno, count))

And add more placeholders:

Example

quantity = 3
itemno = 567
price = 49
myorder = "I want {} pieces of item number {} for {:.2f} dollars."
print(myorder.format(quantity, itemno, price))
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Index Numbers

You can use index numbers (a number inside the curly brackets {0}) to be sure the values are placed in the correct placeholders:

Example

quantity = 3
itemno = 567
price = 49
myorder = "I want {0} pieces of item number {1} for {2:.2f} dollars."
print(myorder.format(quantity, itemno, price))
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Also, if you want to refer to the same value more than once, use the index number:

Example

age = 36
name = "John"
txt = "His name is {1}. {1} is {0} years old."
print(txt.format(age, name))
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Named Indexes

You can also use named indexes by entering a name inside the curly brackets {carname}, but then you must use names when you pass the parameter values txt.format(carname = "Ford"):

Example

myorder = "I have a {carname}, it is a {model}."
print(myorder.format(carname = "Ford", model = "Mustang"))
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