escape single bracket in f-string

user_3131132 0
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I am trying to print a string in the following format:

"rob: {color: red  , number: 4}"

using an f-string to fill three values:

f"{name}: color: {color}  , number: {number}" #missing brackets

this would print:

"rob: color: red  , number: 4" #missing brackets

but I have no idea how to escape a single bracket the way I need to. I know {{}} lets you escape brackets, but this would print both at the same place in the string. I tried { { } and { } } in their respective spots but this just threw an error.

f-string python
3 Answers

Goal:

"rob: {color: red  , number: 4}"

Accomplished:

>>> name = 'rob'
>>> color = 'red'
>>> number = 4
>>> print(f"{name}: {{color: {color} , number: {number}}}")
rob: {color: red , number: 4}
user_81888460

Use double brackets when you want to show them, and single brackers for variables. See this post

f"{name}: {{color: {color}  , number: {number} }}"
user_16755010

You can evaluate the string literal '{' and the string literal '}' inside the f-string, by wrapping them with braces to do the evaluation:

f"{name}: {'{'}color: {color}, number: {number}{'}'}"

Example:

>>> name = 'bob'
>>> color = 'red'
>>> number = 4
>>> f"{name}: {'{'}color: {color}, number: {number}{'}'}"
'bob: {color: red, number: 4}'
user_122990000
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