concatenation of triple quoted strings

Question

I am currently trying to concatenate within a triple-quoted string using variables. What is the best way to go about this?

print('''
Points left to spend: ''' + str(pointsLeft) + '''
''' + str(attrChoice) + ':\t' + '''[''' + str(charAttr[attrChoice]) + ''']
To reduce the number of points spent on this skill, simply enter a negative number.
'''
)

The error message I got was: keyword can't be an expression. Could anyone explain what this means and if it is at all possible to attempt such a concatenation?

Answer 1

The best way to do that is with str.format:

template = """This is a 
multiline {0} with
replacement {1} in."""

print(template.format("string", "fields"))

---

From Python 3.6 (see PEP 498) you can do this using an "f-string" as follows:

print(f'''
Points left to spend: {pointsLeft}
{attrChoice}:\t[{charAttr[attrChoice]}]
To reduce the number of points spent on this skill, simply enter a negative number.
'''
)