In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aahz)
wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Roy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > Ron Garret <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> >> "Erik Bethke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I have NEVER experienced this kind of programming joy.
> >>
> >> Just wait until you discover Lisp!
>
> Taking this more seriously than it deserves, I've tried poking at Lisp a
> couple of times -- each time, I walk away shaking my head in disgust.
> Lisp just ain't as *READABLE* as Python.
Readability is in the eye of the beholder, but this is not the place to
argue this.
But this topic does bring up a legitimate question: I have a bunch of
code that generates HTML using PRINT statements. I need to convert all
this code to return strings rather than actually printing them (so I can
use the results to populate templates). In Lisp I could do this:
(with-output-to-string (s)
(let ( (*standard-output* s) )
(call-html-generating-code)
s))
Is there an equivalent Python trick to capture a function call's output
as a string?
Thanks,
rg
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