Answer: How do I put a variable inside a string?

answer re: How do I put a variable inside a string?

Jun 3 '10

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Oh, the many, many ways...

String concatenation:

plot.savefig('hanning' + str(num) + '.pdf')

Conversion Specifier:

plot.savefig('hanning%s.pdf' % num)

Using local variable names:

plot.savefig('hanning%(num)s.pdf' % locals()) # Neat trick

Using str.format():

plot.savefig('hanning{0}.pdf'.format(num)) # Note: This is the new preferred way

Using f-strings:

plot.savefig(f'hanning{num}.pdf') # added in Python 3.6

Using string.Template:

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