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From: Jabba Laci <jabba.laci@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 12:15:35 -0400
Subject: new string formatting with local variables
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Hi,

I'd like to simplify the following string formatting:

solo = 'Han Solo'
jabba = 'Jabba the Hutt'
print "{solo} was captured by {jabba}".format(solo=solo, jabba=jabba)
# Han Solo was captured by Jabba the Hutt

What I don't like here is this: "solo=solo, jabba=jabba", i.e. the
same thing is repeated. In "solo=solo", the left part is a key and the
right part is the value of a local variable, but it looks strange.

I'd like something like this:
print "{solo} was captured by {jabba}".format(locals())        # WRONG!

But it doesn't work.

Do you have any idea?

Thanks,

Laszlo