Re: new string formatting with local variables

Date	2011-06-06 14:07 -0700
From	Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us>
Subject	Re: new string formatting with local variables
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Prasad, Ramit wrote:
>> print "{} was captured by {}".format(solo, jabba)
> Is this Python2.7 specific?
> 
> Python 2.6.x : 
>>>> print "{} was captured by {}".format('t1', 't2')
> ValueError: zero length field name in format

Apparently it is 2.7 and greater -- my apologies for not specifying that.

~Ethan~

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new string formatting with local variables Jabba Laci <jabba.laci@gmail.com> - 2011-06-06 12:15 -0400
  Re: new string formatting with local variables Steve Crook <steve@mixmin.net> - 2011-06-06 18:30 +0000
    Re: new string formatting with local variables Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-06-06 11:57 -0700
    RE: new string formatting with local variables "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmchase.com> - 2011-06-06 16:21 -0400
    Re: new string formatting with local variables Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-06-06 14:07 -0700

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