Python string interpolation using dictionary and strings

Question

Given:

dict = {\"path\": \"/var/blah\"}
curr = \"1.1\"
prev = \"1.0\"

What\'s the best/shortest way to interpolate the string to generate t

Answer 1

If you don't want to add the unchanging variables to your dictionary each time, you can reference both the variables and the dictionary keys using format:

str = "path {path} curr: {curr} prev: {prev}".format(curr=curr, prev=prev, **dict)

It might be bad form logically, but it makes things more modular expecting curr and prev to be mostly static and the dictionary to update.