How to print a string with curly braces in Python

Question

I want to print a string that includes curly braces. Also I want to use .format on it. How to do it?

Answer 1

You can use something like this -

mystring = " {{ John }} {0} "
print(mystring.format(28))

This will give output as  

{ John } 28 

Comments

What is the .format for?

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str.format() is one of the string formatting methods in Python3, which allows multiple substitutions and value formatting. This method lets us concatenate elements within a string through positional formatting.

Formatters work by putting in one or more replacement fields and placeholders defined by a pair of curly braces { } into a string and calling the str.format(). The value we wish to put into the placeholders and concatenate with the string passed as parameters into the format function.

Syntax : { } .format(value)

Parameters : 
(value) : Can be an integer, floating point numeric constant, string, characters or even variables.

Returntype: Returns a formatted string with the value passed as a parameter in the placeholder position.