title: quotes when using str.format in python
body: <p>When using <code>str.format</code> to output in python 2.7.6 such as below:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; "| {0: ^18} | {1: ^18} |".format(1, 0.001)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This results:</p>
  
  <pre><code>'|         1          |       0.001        |'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am wondering how to suppress the single quotes on either end of the output string.</p>