String formatting in Python

Question

I want to do something like String.Format(\"[{0}, {1}, {2}]\", 1, 2, 3) which returns:

[1, 2, 3]

How do I do this in Python?

Answer 1

You have lot of solutions :)

simple way (C-style):

print("[%i, %i, %i]" %(1, 2, 3))

Use str.format()

print("[{0}, {1}, {2}]", 1, 2, 3)

Use str.Template()

s = Template('[$a, $b, $c]')
print(s.substitute(a = 1, b = 2, c = 3))

You can read PEP 3101 -- Advanced String Formatting