(Python) Variables inside strings

[durand]

Is it possible in python to print a string with variables embedded inside it. I'm new to python so I'm not even sure how you would show that some word is a variable except when they are separate.

Ex:

print "Hello var1. You are in var2, etc."


I've seen print " "hello %s" % name " being used but I'm not sure how to add more text and variables.

My actual problem is that I need to print this line into a file.

<smiley shortcut=':)' checksum='d224f5890bad7f01e766cbcb9184d4703b65f413' filename='smile.png'/>

...where the values for shortcut, checksum and filename are variables in my python script.

Thanks.

[LaRoza]

Is it possible in python to print a string with variables embedded inside it. I'm new to python so I'm not even sure how you would show that some word is a variable except when they are separate.

Yes, you can. Example code:

Example code:

name = raw_input("What is your name? ")

age = raw_input("What is your age? ")

rank = raw_input("How rank are you? ")

if age.isdigit():
    print "Hello %s, you are %i years old and are %s rank" % (name,int(age),rank)
else:
    print "%s, \"%s\" is not an age!" % (name,age)

This sort of thing can be done with strings in many situations. It is similar to printf() in C if you know that language.

output = '<smiley shortcut="%s" checksum="%s" filename="%s"/>' % (shortcut,checksum,filename)

[pmasiar]

or, more flexible way:

print "my name is %(name)s and I like %(pet)s" % dict(name='Joe', pet='platypus') 

[durand]

Awesome. I'll try both ways! Thanks guys.

[ki4jgt]

Is there a way to do this with numerical values and not just text based numbers?

[durand]

That should work with numericals as well. How do you want it to work?