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Escape {} in string?

In the string below I want to insert the string object path using f-string method.
But I want to escape the other curly brackets in this string. How can this be achieved?

path='C:\Program files\

f"""
word{
string string string {path} string text}
"""

The context is inbedded R-code in a python script.

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>Solution :

Double them, example

x = 1
text = f"variable {x} literal curly brackets {{ }}"
print(text)

output

variable 1 literal curly brackets { }

From PEP 498

the correct way to have a literal brace appear in the resulting string
value is to double the brace

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