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Hazel Kirtis
3,090 Pointshow to use {} placeholder and .format method
how to use {} placeholder and .format method
1 Answer

Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 67,986 PointsThe string .format()
method scans a string for curly braces {}
, replacing each one with a one of its arguments.
More details can be found in the format docs and format examples.