F- String — An Improved String Formatting in Python
Data can be printed in a human-readable form or written to a file for our reference. String formatting helps us to embed variables into strings.
There are multiple ways to achieve this, such as the modulo operator (%), string concatenation, and the string’s format().
Formatted string literals, also known as f-strings, are an efficient method for string interpolation. F-strings are evaluated at runtime and then formatted using the __format__ protocol.
Syntax: Add the letter f before opening the quotes and place your variables inside curly braces.
name = “Buddy“print( f” Hello {name}. Good Morning “ )
In this article, we will go over some tricks to use f-strings more efficiently.
1. Numeric and String Formatting
name = “Buddy”
print( f” Hello {name}. Good Morning “ )Output : Hello Buddy. Good Morningsample_list = ["first", "last", "address", "age"]
print(f"{sample_list=}")Output : sample_list=['first', 'last', 'address', 'age']
2. MultiLine Strings
data = “for our reference”
string = ”Data can be printed in a human-readable " \
f"form or written to a file {data}. “ \
“String formatting helps us to embed variables " \
"into strings.“
print(string)Output : Data can be printed in a human-readable form or written to a file for our reference. String formatting helps us to embed variables into strings.
3. Decimal truncation
decimal_number = 98.23456
print(f”2 digits: {decimal_number : .2f}")
print(f"4 digits: {decimal_number : .4f}”)Output : ‘2 digits: 98.23; 4 digits: 98.2345’
4. Separators to big numbers
number = 1234561234567899876
print(f”{number:,d}”)Output : 1,234,561,234,567,899,876
5. Python Expressions
sample_list = [“first”, “last”, “address”, “age”]
print(f”Length of list is {len(sample_list)}”)Output : Length of list is 4string = "first name"
print(f"Converting to upper case {string.upper()}")Output : Converting to upper case FIRST NAMEprint(f'{(lambda x: x*3)(10)}')
Output : 30
6. Perform an if-else verification
gender = “she”
print (f”Hello {‘Sir’ if gender == ‘male’ else ‘Madam’}. Welcome”)Output : Hello Madam. Welcome
7. Execute functions
def square(num):
return num ** 2print(f”The square of number is {square(2)}”)Output : Hello Madam. Welcome.
Conclusion
In this article, We have gone through some tricks that we can leverage when using string formatting.
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