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Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 17:44:46 -0500
From: Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com>
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Subject: Re: python string, best way to concat
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On 2014-08-27 23:42, MRAB wrote:
> How many parameters are there? len(self.param)
> 
> Make that many placeholders and then join them together with commas:
> 
> ', '.join(['?'] * len(self.param))

I prefer the clarity of Peter Otten's suggestion of

  ', '.join('?' * len(self.param))

over the mild obscurity of putting it in a list before multiplying.

-tkc