string.templatelib
â Support for template string literals¶
Source code: Lib/string/templatelib.py
Template strings¶Added in version 3.14.
Template strings are a mechanism for custom string processing. They have the full flexibility of Pythonâs f-strings, but return a Template
instance that gives access to the static and interpolated (in curly braces) parts of a string before they are combined.
To write a t-string, use a 't'
prefix instead of an 'f'
, like so:
>>> pi = 3.14 >>> t't-strings are new in Python {pi!s}!' Template( strings=('t-strings are new in Python ', '!'), interpolations=(Interpolation(3.14, 'pi', 's', ''),) )Types¶
The Template
class describes the contents of a template string. It is immutable, meaning that attributes of a template cannot be reassigned.
The most common way to create a Template
instance is to use the template string literal syntax. This syntax is identical to that of f-strings, except that it uses a t
prefix in place of an f
:
>>> cheese = 'Red Leicester' >>> template = t"We're fresh out of {cheese}, sir." >>> type(template) <class 'string.templatelib.Template'>
Templates are stored as sequences of literal strings
and dynamic interpolations
. A values
attribute holds the values of the interpolations:
>>> cheese = 'Camembert' >>> template = t'Ah! We do have {cheese}.' >>> template.strings ('Ah! We do have ', '.') >>> template.interpolations (Interpolation('Camembert', ...),) >>> template.values ('Camembert',)
The strings
tuple has one more element than interpolations
and values
; the interpolations âbelongâ between the strings. This may be easier to understand when tuples are aligned
template.strings: ('Ah! We do have ', '.') template.values: ( 'Camembert', )
Attributes
A tuple
of the static strings in the template.
>>> cheese = 'Camembert' >>> template = t'Ah! We do have {cheese}.' >>> template.strings ('Ah! We do have ', '.')
Empty strings are included in the tuple:
>>> response = 'We do have ' >>> cheese = 'Camembert' >>> template = t'Ah! {response}{cheese}.' >>> template.strings ('Ah! ', '', '.')
The strings
tuple is never empty, and always contains one more string than the interpolations
and values
tuples:
>>> t''.strings ('',) >>> t''.values () >>> t'{'cheese'}'.strings ('', '') >>> t'{'cheese'}'.values ('cheese',)
A tuple
of the interpolations in the template.
>>> cheese = 'Camembert' >>> template = t'Ah! We do have {cheese}.' >>> template.interpolations (Interpolation('Camembert', 'cheese', None, ''),)
The interpolations
tuple may be empty and always contains one fewer values than the strings
tuple:
>>> t'Red Leicester'.interpolations ()
A tuple of all interpolated values in the template.
>>> cheese = 'Camembert' >>> template = t'Ah! We do have {cheese}.' >>> template.values ('Camembert',)
The values
tuple always has the same length as the interpolations
tuple. It is always equivalent to tuple(i.value for i in template.interpolations)
.
Methods
While literal syntax is the most common way to create a Template
, it is also possible to create them directly using the constructor:
>>> from string.templatelib import Interpolation, Template >>> cheese = 'Camembert' >>> template = Template( ... 'Ah! We do have ', Interpolation(cheese, 'cheese'), '.' ... ) >>> list(template) ['Ah! We do have ', Interpolation('Camembert', 'cheese', None, ''), '.']
If multiple strings are passed consecutively, they will be concatenated into a single value in the strings
attribute. For example, the following code creates a Template
with a single final string:
>>> from string.templatelib import Template >>> template = Template('Ah! We do have ', 'Camembert', '.') >>> template.strings ('Ah! We do have Camembert.',)
If multiple interpolations are passed consecutively, they will be treated as separate interpolations and an empty string will be inserted between them. For example, the following code creates a template with empty placeholders in the strings
attribute:
>>> from string.templatelib import Interpolation, Template >>> template = Template( ... Interpolation('Camembert', 'cheese'), ... Interpolation('.', 'punctuation'), ... ) >>> template.strings ('', '', '')
Iterate over the template, yielding each non-empty string and Interpolation
in the correct order:
>>> cheese = 'Camembert' >>> list(t'Ah! We do have {cheese}.') ['Ah! We do have ', Interpolation('Camembert', 'cheese', None, ''), '.']
Caution
Empty strings are not included in the iteration:
>>> response = 'We do have ' >>> cheese = 'Camembert' >>> list(t'Ah! {response}{cheese}.') ['Ah! ', Interpolation('We do have ', 'response', None, ''), Interpolation('Camembert', 'cheese', None, ''), '.']
Concatenate this template with another, returning a new Template
instance:
>>> cheese = 'Camembert' >>> list(t'Ah! ' + t'We do have {cheese}.') ['Ah! We do have ', Interpolation('Camembert', 'cheese', None, ''), '.']
Concatenating a Template
and a str
is not supported. This is because it is unclear whether the string should be treated as a static string or an interpolation. If you want to concatenate a Template
with a string, you should either wrap the string directly in a Template
(to treat it as a static string) or use an Interpolation
(to treat it as dynamic):
>>> from string.templatelib import Interpolation, Template >>> template = t'Ah! ' >>> # Treat 'We do have ' as a static string >>> template += Template('We do have ') >>> # Treat cheese as an interpolation >>> cheese = 'Camembert' >>> template += Template(Interpolation(cheese, 'cheese')) >>> list(template) ['Ah! We do have ', Interpolation('Camembert', 'cheese', None, '')]
The Interpolation
type represents an expression inside a template string. It is immutable, meaning that attributes of an interpolation cannot be reassigned.
Interpolations support pattern matching, allowing you to match against their attributes with the match statement:
>>> from string.templatelib import Interpolation >>> interpolation = t'{1. + 2.:.2f}'.interpolations[0] >>> interpolation Interpolation(3.0, '1. + 2.', None, '.2f') >>> match interpolation: ... case Interpolation(value, expression, conversion, format_spec): ... print(value, expression, conversion, format_spec, sep=' | ') ... 3.0 | 1. + 2. | None | .2f
Attributes
The evaluated value of the interpolation.
>>> t'{1 + 2}'.interpolations[0].value 3
The text of a valid Python expression, or an empty string.
The expression
is the original text of the interpolationâs Python expression, if the interpolation was created from a t-string literal. Developers creating interpolations manually should either set this to an empty string or choose a suitable valid Python expression.
>>> t'{1 + 2}'.interpolations[0].expression '1 + 2'
The conversion to apply to the value, or None
.
The conversion
is the optional conversion to apply to the value:
>>> t'{1 + 2!a}'.interpolations[0].conversion 'a'
Note
Unlike f-strings, where conversions are applied automatically, the expected behavior with t-strings is that code that processes the Template
will decide how to interpret and whether to apply the conversion
. For convenience, the convert()
function can be used to mimic f-string conversion semantics.
The format specification to apply to the value.
The format_spec
is an optional, arbitrary string used as the format specification to present the value:
>>> t'{1 + 2:.2f}'.interpolations[0].format_spec '.2f'
Note
Unlike f-strings, where format specifications are applied automatically via the format()
protocol, the expected behavior with t-strings is that code that processes the interpolation will decide how to interpret and whether to apply the format specification. As a result, format_spec
values in interpolations can be arbitrary strings, including those that do not conform to the format()
protocol.
Methods
Create a new Interpolation
object from component parts.
value â The evaluated, in-scope result of the interpolation.
expression â The text of a valid Python expression, or an empty string.
conversion â The conversion to be used, one of None
, 'a'
, 'r'
, or 's'
.
format_spec â An optional, arbitrary string used as the format specification to present the value.
Applies formatted string literal conversion semantics to the given object obj. This is frequently useful for custom template string processing logic.
Three conversion flags are currently supported:
's'
which calls str()
on the value (like !s
),
'r'
which calls repr()
(like !r
), and
'a'
which calls ascii()
(like !a
).
If the conversion flag is None
, obj is returned unchanged.
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