How can I print literal curly-brace characters in python string and also use .format on it?

Question

x = \" \\{ Hello \\} {0} \"
print(x.format(42))

gives me : Key Error: Hello\\\\

I want to print the output: {Hello} 42

Answer 1

Try doing this:

x = " {{ Hello }} {0} "
print x.format(42)