Re: word replacing in a paragraph

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Date	Mon, 6 Jan 2014 16:56:01 +0100 (CET)
From	Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmichel@sequans.com>
To	Frank Cui <ycui@outlook.com>
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----- Original Message ----- 

> Hey guys,

> I'm trying to automate a process by initially creating a standard
> template 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 "TESTDATE" can also be replaced.]

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

> Thanks
> Frank

Jinja2 would be able to do it, with very few line of code.
And you get all the features provided by a template engine should you need them to build more advanced templates.

JM


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Re: word replacing in a paragraph Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmichel@sequans.com> - 2014-01-06 16:56 +0100

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