On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Tim Chase
<django.us...@tim.thechases.com> wrote:
> On 10/20/11 13:17, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] wrote:
>>
>> So, just out of curiosity, how many other people didn't realise you
>> could do this:
>>
>>>>> print '%(language)s has %(number)03d quote types.' % \
>>
>> ... {"language": "Python", "number": 2}
>>
>>
>> Instead of this:
>>
>> print "%s has %03d" % ( "python", "2" )
>
> Also very useful in translations where the order of the pieces may have to
> change, allowing the translator to put them where needed rather than
> constraining the translator to the order in which the data is passed.
>
> -tkc
And fantasticly useful when a given value is needed more than once
in a string, or when you have a collection of available values and a
passed in or chosen format string, such that some values may not
be used at all.
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