In Python, can you have variables within triple quotes? If so, how?

Question

This is probably a very simple question for some, but it has me stumped. Can you use variables within python\'s triple-quotes?

In the following example, how do use

Answer 1

Yes! Starting from Python 3.6 you can use the f strings for this: They're interpolated in place, so mystring would have the desired value after the mystring = ... line:

wash_clothes = 'tuesdays'
clean_dishes = 'never'

mystring = f"""I like to wash clothes on {wash_clothes}
I like to clean dishes {clean_dishes}
"""

print(mystring)

Should you need to add a literal { or } in the string, you would just double it:

if use_squiggly:
    kind = 'squiggly'
else:
    kind = 'curly'

print(f"""The {kind} brackets are:
  - '{{', or the left {kind} bracket
  - '}}', or the right {kind} bracket
""")

would print, depending on the value of use_squiggly, either

The squiggly brackets are:
  - '{', or the left squiggly bracket
  - '}', or the right squiggly bracket

or

The curly brackets are:
  - '{', or the left curly bracket
  - '}', or the right curly bracket