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From: davidfx <dgeorge29ca@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: .format vs. %
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:44:08 -0800 (PST)
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Thanks for your response.  I know the following code is not going to be correct but I want to show you what I was thinking.

formatter = "%r %r %r %r"

print formatter % (1, 2, 3, 4)

What is the .format version of this concept?