Format string and write

Question

I would like to save a file with formated text however, I don't know where to put my formatting command.

Here is my reproducible code:

start = "2008-12-08"
end = "2009-12-27"
template ="""- {start} + {end}:
    CycleCalendar:
        start_date: {start}
        start_type: Packing
        end_date: {end}
        end_type: unpacking
        max_duration: 720
    """

with open("conf.txt", 'w') as f:
    f.write(template)

I was thingiking about use .format however, don't know where to put it.

My question is unique because it is using objects for the formatting of the text

Thank you!

`.format()` is a string method, any string can call this method like this: `"string {}".format(1)`, also template can `template.format(start=start, end=end)` — Elad Cohen, Sep 19 '19 at 11:34
Possible duplicate of [String formatting in Python](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/517355/string-formatting-in-python) — shaik moeed, Sep 19 '19 at 11:34
`f.write(template.format(start=start))` is working. Great! I was using only the `f.write(template.format(start))` — Lukáš Tůma, Sep 19 '19 at 11:40

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 19 '19 at 11:48

Try this code:

start = "2008-12-08"
end = "2009-12-27"
template ="""- {start} + {end}:
    CycleCalendar:
        start_date: {start}
        start_type: Packing
        end_date: {end}
        end_type: unpacking
        max_duration: 720
    """

with open("conf.txt", 'w') as f:
    f.write(template.format(start=start, end=end))

Format string and write

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