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Re: new string formatting with local variables

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Steve Crook wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Jun 2011 12:15:35 -0400, Jabba Laci wrote in
> Message-Id: <mailman.2490.1307376958.9059.python-list@python.org>:
> 
>> solo = 'Han Solo'
>> jabba = 'Jabba the Hutt'
>> print "{solo} was captured by {jabba}".format(solo=solo, jabba=jabba)
>> # Han Solo was captured by Jabba the Hutt
> 
> How about:-
> 
> print "%s was captured by %s" % (solo, jabba)

Or even

print "{} was captured by {}".format(solo, jabba)

or how about

print "{victim} was captured by {captor}".format(
         victim=solo, captor=jabba)

or maybe

print "{hapless_twit} was captured by {mega_bad_dude}".format(
         hapless_twit=solo, mega_bad_dude=jabba)


~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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