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How to Format Strings with Named Placeholders in Python

Format a template string using named placeholders with the str.format() method and a dictionary.

string format placeholders
Python
def format_named(template, data):
    """Format a template string using named placeholders."""
    return template.format(**data)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    template = "Hello {name}, you are {age} years old and live in {city}."
    data = {"name": "Alice", "age": 30, "city": "London"}
    result = format_named(t…
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Strings & text easy

How to Use Template Strings for Substitution in Python

This code shows how to use Python's Template class for safe string substitution, replacing placeholders like $name with actual values.

template string substitution
Python
from string import Template

def format_user_message(name, role, company):
    template = Template("Hello $name! We are glad to have you as our $role at $company.")
    return template.substitute(name=name, role=role, company=company)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    result = format_user_message("Alice", "Python Develo…
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AI & LLM integration patterns easy

How to Redact Emails and Phones Before Sending to an LLM in Python

This code uses regular expressions to replace email addresses and US phone numbers with [EMAIL] and [PHONE] placeholders before any LLM processing.

pii redaction regular-expressions
Python
import re

def redact_pii(text: str) -> str:
    # Replace email addresses with [EMAIL]
    text = re.sub(r'[\w.+-]+@[\w-]+\.[\w.-]+', '[EMAIL]', text)
    # Replace phone numbers (US format) with [PHONE]
    text = re.sub(r'\(?\d{3}\)?[-.\s]?\d{3}[-.\s]?\d{4}', '[PHONE]', text)
    return text

if __name__ == "__main…
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AI & LLM integration patterns easy

How to Render a Jinja-like Template from a Dict in Python

Replace {{placeholders}} in a string using values from a Python dict with a simple regex-based template renderer.

templating regex strings
Python
import re

def render_template(template, context):
    pattern = re.compile(r"\{\{\s*(\w+)\s*\}\}")
    def replace(match):
        key = match.group(1)
        return str(context.get(key, ""))
    return pattern.sub(replace, template)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    template = "Hello {{name}}, you have {{count}} new …
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