format_method_for_strings.ipynb

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      "# The Format Method\n",
      "\n",
      "This snippit was written by [Chris R. Albon](http://www.chrisralbon.com/) and is part of his collection of [well-documented Python snippits](https://github.com/chrisalbon/code_py). All code is written in Python 3 in iPython notebook and offered under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/\"><img alt=\"Creative Commons License)."
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     "source": [
      "### Create some variables"
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      "name = 'Chris'\n",
      "age = 24"
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      "### Print a string that uses the other variables\n",
      "0 and 1 representing the 1st and second variables in the format() list) inside of it."
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     "input": [
      "'{0} is {1} years old.'.format(name, age)"
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        "'Chris is 24 years old.'"
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