Python String Formatting

I need some help with the Python's new string formatter. Basically, I want the outer curly braces to not escape the string replacement field. This works: foo = 'bar' print '{%s}' %

Solution 1:

It looks like you want:

>>>foo = 'bar'>>>print('{{{0}}}'.format(foo))
'{bar}'

The outer pair of doubled {{ and }} are copied literally to the output, leaving {0} to be interpreted as a substitution.

Solution 2:

{{ is an escaped {, but you still need {0} as the placeholder, thus:

print('{{{0}}}'.format('bar'))