string format question

[H_A_D_Padmasiri]

dear sir

a ="BOUND-B-GEN"

env.workspace = r"E:\Gampaha\51027202\CM51027202.gdb\CM51027202"

newName = arcpy.AddFieldDelimiters(env.workspace, "PCL_LN_DL")

I want to format following style

"PCL_LN_DL" = 'BOUND-B-GEN'

I tried to format following way

where = newName + '=' + '{0}{1}{2}'.format ('\'',str(a),'\'')

But it gives me wrong result, how to add single quote around BOUND-B-GEN

pl help me.

Thanks

Padmasiri

[curtvprice · Accepted solution]

# want: "PCL_LN_DL" = 'BOUND-B-GEN'
# tried:
a ="BOUND-B-GEN"
where = newName + '=' + '{0}{1}{2}'.format ('\'',str(a),'\'')

Try this:

a ="BOUND-B-GEN"
newName = "PCL_LN_DL"
where = '"{}" = \'{}\''.format(newName, a)
# or
where = "\"{}\" = '{}'".format(newName, a)
# or
where = "\"{0}\" = '{1}'".format(newName, a)