How to Assign one variable to another variable in python

Question

I am having a small confusion on assigning variable to another variable . I have a code which takes value in a filter variable as

filter = '(uid=tommy)'

I am trying to pass tommy via command line using

user_id = sys.argv[1:]
print user_id
filter = '(uid=user_id)'

But of-course this doesn't replace the variable user_id , how can i achieve this ??

Austin · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-02 05:57:33Z

1

You need string format function:

user_id = "tommy"
filter = '(uid={})'.format(user_id)
print(filter)
# (uid=tommy)

answered Apr 2, 2018 at 5:57

Austin

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