Creating a string argument with a function parameter

Question

I am trying to create a function that will allow a user to perform a Breadth-first-search in Graphframes using the .bfs method. An example function looks like:

    Graphframe.bfs("name = 'Esther'", "relationship = 'friend'")

I would like a function to work like:

    def friendZone(person, affiliation):
         Graphframe.bfs("name = 'person'", "relationship = 'affiliation'")

I have tried using a concat method like:

     '"' + "name='" + person + "'" + '"'

, but that has not worked. I also tried using

'"name={}"'.format(person).

Help please?

It just didn't produce the result I needed for the arguments. Sometimes I would end up with backslashes in the text. — SensingFailure, Feb 06 '20 at 21:32

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 06 '20 at 21:00

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You can use an f-string

def friendZone(person, affiliation):
         Graphframe.bfs(f"name = {person}", "relationship = {affiliation}")

answered Feb 06 '20 at 21:00

Brandon Boykin

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Thank you! This didn't specifically fix my problem, but it did lead me to the solution. I ended up using "name='%s'"% person, which worked perfectly. – SensingFailure Feb 06 '20 at 21:37

Creating a string argument with a function parameter

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