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title: "Would I use print \"$a dollars\" or \"{$a} dollars\" to print out the amount of dollars in this example?"  
description: "Would I use print \"$a dollars\" or \"{$a} dollars\" to print out the amount of dollars in this example?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2012-05-04  
updated: 2020-09-17  
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# Would I use print "$a dollars" or "{$a} dollars" to print out the amount of dollars in this example?

In this example it wouldn’t matter, since the variable is all by itself, but if you were to print something like "{$a},000,000 mln dollars", then you definitely need to use the braces.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

In this example it wouldn’t matter, since the variable is all by itself, but if you were to print something like "{$a},000,000 mln dollars", then you definitely need to use the braces.


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