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Is it possible to have an apostrophe inside { } in an f-string? - Exsul - Sep-04-2019
from random import choice as rc
string = f"never say you {rc(['can', 'can\'t'])} do something"
print(string)Output:File "C:/Users/Exsul/.PyCharmCE2019.2/config/scratches/scratch.py", line 3
string = f"never say you {rc(['can', 'can\'t'])}"
^
SyntaxError: f-string expression part cannot include a backslash
Process finished with exit code 1\?
RE: Is it possible to have an apostrophe inside { } in an f-string? - ichabod801 - Sep-04-2019
I got it to work by making the outer string a triple quoted string. But really, at this point I'd use a format call or another variable to hold the result of the random.choice call.
RE: Is it possible to have an apostrophe inside { } in an f-string? - boring_accountant - Sep-04-2019
You can use chr() to convert the ASCII code 39 to an apostrophe:
string = f"never say you {rc(['can', 'can' + chr(39) + 't'])} do something"
RE: Is it possible to have an apostrophe inside { } in an f-string? - perfringo - Sep-04-2019
Just a gentle nudging: it's not good practice to obscure code with cryptic abbreviations.
If code base grows and other people read the code they will need additional effort to mentally parse what the heck 'rc' does. There are conventions of using abbreviations ('import pandas as pd', 'import numpy as np') but I don't think that 'from random import choice as rc' is widespread convention.
RE: Is it possible to have an apostrophe inside { } in an f-string? - buran - Sep-04-2019
and
string is a module from Python Standard Library and should not be used as variable name
RE: Is it possible to have an apostrophe inside { } in an f-string? - ThomasL - Sep-04-2019
Error:f-string expression part cannot include a backslashAnd of course PEP8 and other coding standards are your friend.
from random import choice
can_or_cant = choice(['can', 'can\'t'])
sentence = f"never say you {can_or_cant} do something"
print(sentence)Edit: OP question must be answered Yes, as this works without problems.print(f"never say you can\'t do something")
RE: Is it possible to have an apostrophe inside { } in an f-string? - Exsul - Sep-05-2019
(Sep-04-2019, 05:53 AM)perfringo Wrote: Just a gentle nudging: it's not good practice to obscure code with cryptic abbreviations.
If code base grows and other people read the code they will need additional effort to mentally parse what the heck 'rc' does. There are conventions of using abbreviations ('import pandas as pd', 'import numpy as np') but I don't think that 'from random import choice as rc' is widespread convention.
Oh, I would never do that on code I intended other people to see. This is a personal project.