Re: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator

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Date	Thu, 23 May 2013 21:17:54 -0400
Subject	Re: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator
From	Jerry Hill <malaclypse2@gmail.com>
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On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Carlos Nepomuceno <
carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> wrote:

> Can str.format() do the following?
>
> f = '%d %d %d'
> v = '1,2,3'
> print f % eval(v)
>

Sure:

Python 3.2.2 (default, Sep  4 2011, 09:51:08) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)]
on win32
>>> f = "{} {} {}"
>>> v = "1,2,3"
>>> print(f.format(*eval(v)))
1 2 3
>>>

The * unpacks the tuple returned from eval(), so that you get 3 separate
parameters passed to format(), instead of the single tuple.

--

Jerry

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Re: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2013-05-21 14:53 -0500
  Re: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-22 02:59 +0000
    Re: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2013-05-21 22:38 -0500
    Re: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2013-05-22 05:45 -0500
      Re: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-22 14:58 +0000
        Re: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-05-22 14:30 -0400
          Re: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator nn <pruebauno@latinmail.com> - 2013-05-22 13:26 -0700
            RE: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-05-23 01:31 +0300
              Re: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator nn <pruebauno@latinmail.com> - 2013-05-23 06:44 -0700
                RE: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-05-23 18:26 +0300
                Re: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-05-23 14:42 -0400
                Re: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator nn <pruebauno@latinmail.com> - 2013-05-24 06:50 -0700
                Re: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-05-23 16:19 -0400
                RE: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-05-24 01:20 +0300
                Re: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator Jerry Hill <malaclypse2@gmail.com> - 2013-05-23 21:17 -0400
                RE: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-05-24 04:41 +0300
            Re: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-05-23 01:30 +0100
            RE: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-05-23 03:44 +0300

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