How can I print literal curly-brace characters in python string and also use .format on it?

python string format string-formatting curly-braces
Schitti picture Schitti · Mar 29, 2011 · Viewed 508k times · Source 
x = " \{ Hello \} {0} "
print(x.format(42))

gives me : Key Error: Hello\\

I want to print the output: {Hello} 42

Answer

Greg Hewgill picture Greg Hewgill · Mar 29, 2011

You need to double the {{ and }}:

>>> x = " {{ Hello }} {0} "
>>> print(x.format(42))
' { Hello } 42 '

Here's the relevant part of the Python documentation for format string syntax:

Format strings contain “replacement fields” surrounded by curly braces {}. Anything that is not contained in braces is considered literal text, which is copied unchanged to the output. If you need to include a brace character in the literal text, it can be escaped by doubling: {{ and }}.

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