Add single quotes around a variable in Python

Add single quotes around a variable in Python #

Use a formatted string literal to add single quotes around a variable in Python, e.g. result = f"'{my_var}'". Formatted string literals let us include variables inside of a string by prefixing the string with f.

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my_str = "hello"

result = f"'{my_str}'"

print(result)  # 👉️ 'hello'

Formatted string literals (f-strings) let us include expressions inside of a string by prefixing the string with f.

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my_str = 'is subscribed:'

my_bool = True

result = f"{my_str} '{my_bool}'"

print(result)  # 👉️ is subscribed: 'True'

Make sure to wrap the variable in curly braces - {my_var}.

You can also use the str.format() method to add single quotes around a string.

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my_bool = True

result = "is subscribed: '{}'".format(my_bool)

print(result)  # 👉️ is subscribed: 'True'

The str.format method performs string formatting operations.

The string the method is called on can contain replacement fields specified using curly braces {}.

You can also include the single quotes in the variable declaration, but make sure to wrap the variable in double or triple quotes.

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my_str = "'hello'"

print(my_str) # 👉️ 'hello'

If a string is wrapped in double quotes, we can use single quotes in the string without any issues.

If you need to add both single and double quotes in a string, use a triple-quoted string.

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my_str = """ "hello" 'world' """

print(my_str)  # 👉️  "hello" 'world'

Triple-quotes strings are very similar to basic strings that we declare using single or double quotes.

But they also enable us to:

• use single and double quotes in the same string without escaping
• define a multi-line string without adding newline characters

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example = '''
  It's Bob
  "hello"
'''

#
# It's Bob
# "hello"
#
print(example)

The string in the example above uses both single and double quotes and doesn't have to escape anything.

End of lines are automatically included in triple-quoted strings, so we don't have to add a newline character at the end.