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Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2014 15:39:50 +0100
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Quoting Frank Cui (2014-01-06 15:01:25)
> Hey guys,
> =

> I'm trying to automate a process by initially creating a standard templat=
e and
> then replace some text fields with variable values.
> =

> [for example, "DATE" in the paragraph will be replaced by the current date
> value. it doesn't have to be a literal word of "DATE", "DATE" in "TESTDAT=
E" can
> also be replaced.]
> =

> Is there some lightweight built-in or 3rd party  libraries which are good=
 for
> such kind of work ?

Hi Franck,

There is the standard module:
http://docs.python.org/2/library/string.html#template-strings

Or maybe if you need more power, something like jinja2.  It's for Web (HTML
documents), but it can also be used for any kind of document.
http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/

David