string formatting.

[jettam]

Can someone help me with this string formatting. 

def sayHello (name=None, age=None, weight=None ):
    print( "name: {0} age:{1} weight:{2}".format(sayHello)

sayHello ("Allen", 20, 150)

[Simon Anderson]

you need to assign the variables into the format method.

def sayHello (name=None, age=None, weight=None ):

    print( "name: {0} age:{1} weight:{2}".format(name, age, weight)

sayHello ("Allen", 20, 150)

[jettam]

I get an error when I try that.

# Error: invalid syntax

#   File "<maya console>", line 4

#     print( "name: {0} age:{1} weight:{2}".format(name, age, weight)

#                                                                   ^

# SyntaxError: invalid syntax # 

[Simon Anderson]

missing the last close bracket

print( "name: {0} age:{1} weight:{2}".format(sayHello))

outputString = "name: {0} age:{1} weight:{2}".format(sayHello)
print( outputString )

On Thursday, 12 October 2017 11:11:54 UTC+11, jettam wrote:

[damon shelton]

I would suggest utilizing keywords rather than order - also a nice trick is expanding locals to keep from having to specify the keywords repeatedly

def sayHello(name=None, age=None, weight=None ):
    print( "name: {name} age:{age} weight:{weight}").format(**locals())

sayHello("Allen", 20, 150)

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[damon shelton]

sorry fixed a typo - didn't stop the code from working but wanted to make sure it was properdef sayHello(name=None, age=None, weight=None ):
    print( "name: {name} age:{age} weight:{weight}".format(**locals()))

sayHello("Allen", 20, 150)

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[Simon Anderson]

+1 :)

[Robert White]

Some other great examples:

https://mkaz.tech/code/python-string-format-cookbook/