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Sane · Mar 4th, 2006, 4:46 PM

I'm wondering if there's a way to create a string that will allow % plus arguments to follow. So basically splitting up

print "this is a string %s"%("this is another string")

In to two parts, allowing the first to be dynamic.

This is an example of how you would do it with your own function.

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def dyn_string(x, d):
    for key in d.keys():
        x = x.replace("<%s>"%key, d[key])
    return x   

x = """One day, <noun> decided to post a <adjective> question on <noun2>.
Even though <noun>'s <adverb> for a better alternative, <noun> is <adjective2> with what <noun>'s got working.
"""

print dyn_string(x, {"noun":"Sane", "adjective":"stupid", "noun2":"PFO", "adverb":"hoping", "adjective2":"happy"})

Is there a built in method for the same result? Idealy I'd like it to work like so:

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x = "this is a string %s"

print x%"this is another string"

But obviously that doesn't work. EDIT HOLY CRAP. I feel so stupid. It actually does work... god... /EDIT

I want this so I can take a dynamic template and stick in specific values appropriately.

Mar 4th, 2006, 4:46 PM	#1
Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Posts: 1,869 Rep Power: 5	Creating dynamic strings I'm wondering if there's a way to create a string that will allow % plus arguments to follow. So basically splitting up (Toggle Plain Text) print "this is a string %s"%("this is another string") print "this is a string %s"%("this is another string") In to two parts, allowing the first to be dynamic. This is an example of how you would do it with your own function. (Toggle Plain Text) def dyn_string(x, d): for key in d.keys(): x = x.replace("<%s>"%key, d[key]) return x x = """One day, <noun> decided to post a <adjective> question on <noun2>. Even though <noun>'s <adverb> for a better alternative, <noun> is <adjective2> with what <noun>'s got working. """ print dyn_string(x, {"noun":"Sane", "adjective":"stupid", "noun2":"PFO", "adverb":"hoping", "adjective2":"happy"}) def dyn_string(x, d): for key in d.keys(): x = x.replace("<%s>"%key, d[key]) return x x = """One day, <noun> decided to post a <adjective> question on <noun2>. Even though <noun>'s <adverb> for a better alternative, <noun> is <adjective2> with what <noun>'s got working. """ print dyn_string(x, {"noun":"Sane", "adjective":"stupid", "noun2":"PFO", "adverb":"hoping", "adjective2":"happy"}) Is there a built in method for the same result? Idealy I'd like it to work like so: (Toggle Plain Text) x = "this is a string %s" print x%"this is another string" x = "this is a string %s" print x%"this is another string" But obviously that doesn't work. EDIT HOLY CRAP. I feel so stupid. It actually does work... god... /EDIT I want this so I can take a dynamic template and stick in specific values appropriately.

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