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Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:47:02 -0500
From: Evan Driscoll <edriscoll@wisc.edu>
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How 'bout just:

>>> s =3D "{0} {1} {2} {3}"
>>> s.format(1, 2, 3, 4)
'1 2 3 4'

Evan


On 12/31/2011 13:44, davidfx wrote:
> Thanks for your response.  I know the following code is not going to be=
 correct but I want to show you what I was thinking.
>
> formatter =3D "%r %r %r %r"
>
> print formatter % (1, 2, 3, 4)
>
> What is the .format version of this concept?
>



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