Re: raw format string in string format method?

Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Date	2013-02-28 15:06 -0800
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Subject	Re: raw format string in string format method?
From	Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com>

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On Thursday, February 28, 2013 8:11:17 AM UTC-6, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> 
> I'd like to print a string with the string format method which uses
> {0}, ...

/What/ uses "{0}" exactly? The substring you wish to inject or the format method? If the latter, we are aware of that!

> Unfortunately, the string contains TeX commands which use lots of
> braces. Therefore I would have to double all these braces just for the
> format method which makes the string hardly readable.

>>> "{0} balls".format("howdy{0} {doody}{10} had {wooden}")
'howdy{0} {doody}{10} had {wooden} balls'

But then why even bother to use the format method? Seriously, if you expect people to give a proper answer you need to not only explain the problem, but also, supply a simplified code example.

> Is there anything like a "raw" format string and any other means
> to circumvent this?

Even if there is, why would someone offer advice from such ambiguous input? Just because a "raw" format exists does not mean that /every/ poorly described problem will be solved using it.

Please provide adequate info.

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raw format string in string format method? Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@skynet.be> - 2013-02-28 14:11 +0000
  Re: raw format string in string format method? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-01 01:22 +1100
    Re: raw format string in string format method? Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@skynet.be> - 2013-02-28 14:42 +0000
      Re: raw format string in string format method? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-01 02:09 +1100
      Re: raw format string in string format method? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-28 15:27 -0800
        Re: raw format string in string format method? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-01 15:29 +1100
      Re: raw format string in string format method? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-03-01 00:00 +0000
  Re: raw format string in string format method? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-02-28 16:41 +0100
  Re: raw format string in string format method? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-28 15:06 -0800

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