Formatting using format() method in Python - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to insert the variable name into the string using format().

Python

greeting = "Hello, {}!".[1](name)
print(greeting)

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Aappend

Breplace

Cformat

Dinsert

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using string methods like replace or append instead of format.

Trying to insert the variable without using any method.

The format() method is used to insert variables into strings where curly braces {} are placed.

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medium

Complete the code to format the number pi to 2 decimal places using format().

Python

pi = 3.14159
formatted_pi = "{:.[1]f}".format(pi)
print(formatted_pi)

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A2

B4

C3

D1

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using the wrong number for decimal places.

Forgetting the 'f' after the number.

Inside the curly braces, .2f formats the number to 2 decimal places.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly format the string with two variables name and age.

Python

info = "Name: {}, Age: {}".[1](name, age)
print(info)

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Aformat

Bformat_map

Cformat_string

Dformat_args

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using non-existent methods like format_string or format_args.

Using format_map which requires a dictionary, not positional arguments.

The correct method to insert multiple variables into a string is format().

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a formatted string that aligns name left and score right within 10 spaces.

Python

result = "Name: {0:[1]10} Score: {1:[2]10}".format(name, score)
print(result)

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A<

B>

C^

D=

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using the same alignment for both fields.

Using center alignment ^ instead of left or right.

Use < to align left and > to align right inside the format specifier.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to format a dictionary data into a string showing key uppercased, value, and only keys with values greater than 10.

Python

formatted = ", ".join("{0}: {1}".format([1], [2]) for k, v in data.items() if v [3] 10)
print(formatted)

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Ak.upper()

Bv

C>

Dk.lower()

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using k.lower() instead of uppercasing keys.

Using wrong comparison operators like < or ==.

Use k.upper() to uppercase keys, v for values, and > to filter values greater than 10.