Combine f-string and raw string literal

Question

I\'m wondering how to use an f-string whilst using r to get a raw string literal. I currently have it as below but would like the option of allowing any name to rep

Answer 1

You can combine the f for an f-string with the r for a literal.

user = 'Alex'
dirToSee = fr'C:\Users\{user}\Downloads'
print (dirToSee) # prints C:\Users\Alex\Downloads

Answer 2

Alternatively, you could use the str.format() method.

name = input("What is your name? ")
print(r"C:\Users\{name}\Downloads".format(name=name))

This will format the raw string by inserting the name value.

Answer 3

Raw f-strings are very useful when dealing with dynamic regular expressions. https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0498/#raw-f-strings contains a lot of useful information.