Re: Insert variable into text search string

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Date	2014-02-20 13:06 +1100
Subject	Re: Insert variable into text search string
From	Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Kevin Glover <kevingloveruk@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you both so much. I had tried % but not successfully.

To do it with %, just do this:

whatever = "cat"
results = w.search("\"of the %s's\""%whatever, type=ALL, start=1, count=1)

Use either that or .format(), whichever you like - both are fully
supported, and they have different strengths.

ChrisA

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Insert variable into text search string Kevin Glover <kevingloveruk@gmail.com> - 2014-02-19 11:39 -0800
  Re: Insert variable into text search string MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-02-19 19:46 +0000
  Re: Insert variable into text search string Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2014-02-19 21:59 +0200
  Re: Insert variable into text search string Kevin Glover <kevingloveruk@gmail.com> - 2014-02-19 12:15 -0800
    Re: Insert variable into text search string Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-20 13:06 +1100

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