How to print double quotes around a variable?

Question

For instance, we have: ``` word = 'Some Random Word' print '"' + word + '"' ``` Is there a better way to print double quotes around a variable?

Accepted Answer

Update :

From Python 3.6, you can use f-strings

```
>>> print(f'"{word}"')
"Some Random Word"
```

Original Answer :

You can try %-formatting

```
>>> print('"%s"' % word)
"Some Random Word"
```

OR `str.format`

```
>>> print('"{}"'.format(word))
"Some Random Word"
```

OR escape the quote character with `\`

```
>>> print("\"%s\"" % word)
"Some Random Word"
```

And, if the double-quotes is not a restriction (i.e. single-quotes would do)

```
>>> from pprint import pprint, pformat
>>> print(pformat(word))
'Some Random Word'
>>> pprint(word)
'Some Random Word'
```

OR like others have already said (include it in your declaration)

```
>>> word = '"Some Random Word"'
>>> print(word)
"Some Random Word"
```

Use whichever you feel to be better or less confusing.

And, if you need to do it for multiple words, you might as well create a function

```
def double_quote(word):
    return '"%s"' % word

print(double_quote(word), double_quote(word2))
```

And (if you know what you're doing &) if you're concerned about performance of these, see this comparison.

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