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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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