Insert value in a string with '''

Question

I am trying to write a LaTex from a Python script:

n=4
content = r'''\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}
the value of "n" is n
\end{document}
'''

How could I read the value of n inside of the command r''' '''?

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Alexander · Answer 1 · 2022-08-01T21:15:10.080

You can use the fstring formating: This is probably the easiest and recommended method.

For example:

n=4
content = rf'''\documentclass{{article}}

\begin{{document}}
the value of "n" is {n}
\end{{document}}
'''
print(content)

n=4
content = r'''\documentclass{{article}}

\begin{{document}}
the value of "n" is {0}
\end{{document}}
'''
content.format(n)
print(content)

There is the printf style formatting.

n=4
content = r'''\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}
the value of "n" is %d
\end{document}
''' % n
print(content)

You can also concatenate different string sections together

n=4
content = r'''\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}
the value of "n" is ''' + str(n) + ''' 
\end{document}
'''
print(content)

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