Python: how to make form a string comprising of text and variable values in python 2.6

Question

Basically I'm looking for concatenating the strings and variable together.

In Java:

String s = "HI my name is "+var_name+" I'm "+age+" years old";

In PHP:

$s = "Hi my name is ".$var_name." I'm ".$age." years old";

I want a similar thing in Python. I know the format function supported by Python 3.0 and above but I have a constraint of running it at Python version 2.6. I can't upgrade so please tell me the best method.

P.S - I came to know that format works in Python 2.6 also. If you have any other method please let me know that also. It's always good to know more.

Answer 1

.format works on Python 2.6 too:

"Hi my name is {name}. I'm {age} years old.".format(name="John", age=30)