Formatting

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1. Description
2. Example
3. Escape Sequences
4. Instructional Video

Description

F-strings have an f at the beginning and curly braces containing expressions that will be replaced with their values. Use f-strings to format strings, ints, floats, etc.

• Python Docs: Formatted String Literals, Escape Sequences

Example

Escape Sequences

Escape sequences allow you to include symbols and characters inside string literals using a backslash. As an example, You cannot use a contraction with an apostrophe inside a string enclosed in single quotes. You would “escape” that symbol with a backslash:

print('That\'s my favorite cookie flavor!')

Instructional Video