Format Strings in Python

Single Quotes

You can assign strings using single quotes in python

name = 'Ali'

Double Quotes

You can assign string using double quotes as well

name2 = "Ismail"

Triple Quotes

You can also assign strings that are multiline like so

name2 = """My Name is
Ail
Ismail"""

Note that the new line characters will be preserved when you print the values back on the screen

My Name is\nAli\nIsmail

Escaping Single Quotes

You can escape the ' character by using a \

print('Ali'\s test string')

This will read as

Ali's test string

Escaping Tabs

print('My\tfirst\tname\tis\tAli')

This will read as

My    first    name    is    ali

Substition Character

Let's assign First and Last Name and print it with the substitution character '%s'

first = "Ali"
last = "Ismail"
print("My name is %s %s" % (first, last))

String Format Operator

Another way to do this is by using the string format operator

first = "Ali"
last = "Ismail"
print("My name is {0} {1}}".format(first, last))

The number in the curly brackets tells the python interpretor which position in the variables to use.