@@ -225,14 +225,36 @@ This is my preferable way to format strings. Example below:
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>>> name = "Kushal"
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- >>> org = "dgplug"
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- >>> number_of_years = 10
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- >>> msg = "{0} is part of all {1} years of {2} summer training".format(name, number_of_years, org)
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+ >>> language = "Python"
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+ >>> msg = "{0} loves {1}.".format(name, language)
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>>> print(msg)
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- Kushal is part of all 10 years of dgplug summer training
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+ Kushal loves Python.
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- From Python 3.6 we can also do like below::
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+ In Python 3.6, we have a new way to do string formatting. `PEP 498
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+ <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0498/> `_ introduces the concept called
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+ **f-strings **.
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- >>> msg = f"{name} is part of all {number_of_years} years of {org} summer training"
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+ Here is the same example using *f-strings *::
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+
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+ >>> name = "Kushal"
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+ >>> language = "Python"
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+ >>> msg = f"{name} loves {language}."
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>>> print(msg)
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- Kushal is part of all 10 years of dgplug summer training
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+ Kushal loves Python.
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+ F-strings provide a simple and readable way to embed Python expressions in a
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+ string. Here are a few more examples.
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+ ::
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+ >>> answer = 42
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+ >>> print(f"The answer is {answer}")
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+ The answer is 42
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+ >>> import datetime
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+ >>> d = datetime.date(2004, 9, 8)
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+ >>> f"{d} was a {d:%A}, we started the mailing list back then."
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+ '2004-09-08 was a Wednesday, we started the mailing list back then.'
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+ If you want to know more about how this feature came into Python, watch this
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+ `talk <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4w4wKveVo4 >`_ from `Mariatta Wijaya
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+ <https://twitter.com/mariatta> `_.
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