python - printing 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?

Answer 1

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.