What do you call this in python?

Question

name = "kylie"
print(f"your name is {name}")

what do you call the {} thingy? i mean the term in programming.
is that something like a place holder or what?
Tnx

Answer 1

As per your example, it's used for formatting string.
And to use {} as a place holder, it's important to write 'f' before the string.
Or you can do in these ways too.
https://www.sololearn.com/learn/JUMP_LINK__&&__Python__&&__JUMP_LINK/2455/?ref=app

Happy Coding : )

Answer 2

Yeah, reminds me of javascript, it is calling the variable or function in the "curly braces". It is similar to the .format() syntax. I believe f-strings rolled out in python 3.6

F-string Syntax: https://realpython.com/python-f-strings/

Answer 3

The thingy's called curly braces.

In your code it's used to format a string, as already stated. But in Python they're also used for dictionaries and sets.

You'll learn about it in the Python tutorials.

Happy coding!

Answer 4

Thanks guys.