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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types Splitting and Joining

Ernesto Ramos
Ernesto Ramos
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Posted by Ernesto Ramos
Ernesto Ramos
3,098 Points

What am i using {}.format() before .join() for?

At 5:23 in the video Kenneth used .join and later used both together, still getting the same result.

2 Answers

Jeffery Austin
Jeffery Austin
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Jeffery Austin
Jeffery Austin
8,128 Points

I am not sure if I understand your question. {} is a placeholder inside a string. .format() allows you to insert something into that placeholder, and .join() allows you to join a list into a string with whatever you want to join that list with. In the video he is showing two examples. One example joins a string with a joined string, the other example is showing a string that has a placeholder and is using format to insert joined string into the placeholder {}. He is just showing that you can call a function inside a function. This allows for some pretty powerful functionality.

John Goldring
John Goldring
634 Points
John Goldring
John Goldring
634 Points

Ernesto, I was wondering why he used {} as well to get the same result and from what I'm gathering... A lot of things in Python (and other languages) there's so many different ways you can write code and get the same result. I'm guessing he's just showing us 2 different ways you can write out that result.