Variable interpolation in Python [duplicate]

Solution 1:

The closest you can get to the PHP behaviour is and still maintaining your Python-zen is:

print "Hey", fruit, "!"

print will insert spaces at every comma.

The more common Python idiom is:

print "Hey %s!" % fruit

If you have tons of arguments and want to name them, you can use a dict:

print "Hey %(crowd)s! Would you like some %(fruit)s?" % { 'crowd': 'World', 'fruit': 'Pear' }

Solution 2:

The way you're doing it now is a pythonic way to do it. You can also use the locals dictionary. Like so:

>>> fruit = 'Pear'
>>> print("Hey, {fruit}".format(**locals()))
Hey, Pear

Now that doesn't look very pythonic, but it's the only way to achieve the same affect you have in your PHP formatting. I'd just stick to the way you're doing it.