Does Python do variable interpolation similar to “string #{var}” in Ruby?

Question

In Python, it is tedious to write:

print \"foo is\" + bar + \'.\'

Can I do something like this in Python?

print \"foo is #{ba

Answer 1

I prefer this approach because you don't have to repeat yourself by referencing the variable twice:

alpha = 123
print 'The answer is {alpha}'.format(**locals())