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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types Naming Things

Posted by Lionel Victor
Lionel Victor
2,490 Points

How do I print favourite_fruit=apple using favourite_fruit as a variable ?

I did the following and got SyntaxError at the end

favourite_fruit="apple" print("favourite_fruit="favourite_fruit)

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

:point_right: You can't just place a literal string along side a variable.

But you can combine them with the concatenation operator ("+"):

favourite_fruit = "apple"
print("favourite_fruit = " + favourite_fruit)
Gurpreet Anand
Gurpreet Anand
3,256 Points
Gurpreet Anand
Gurpreet Anand
3,256 Points

Well Steven's code is one way to go. But, you can also use the .format() with print like this:

favourite_fruit = "apple" print("favourite_fruit = {}").format(favourite_fruit)