inserting characters at the start and end of a string

Question

I am new and trying to find a way to insert a number of L\'s at the beginning and end of a string. So if I have a string which says

\"where did I put my cupcake thi

Answer 1

Adding to C2H5OH's answer, in Python 3.6+ you can use format strings to make it a bit cleaner:

s = "something about cupcakes"
print(f"L{s}LL")