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what's really wrong with this f-string? the quotes look right so it must be the backslash.

Output:>>> a=432
>>> s=f'{a} "\{"'
  File "<stdin>", line 1
SyntaxError: f-string: unterminated string
>>>

In the format() syntax, one escapes curly braces by doubling them. It should probably be s=f'{a} "{{"'

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