Ivan Reborin: > Is there a way to just do something like this (not normal syntax, just > my wishful thinking): > print 3*'%12.3f' %a,b,c > (meaning - use this format for the next 3 real numbers that come > along)
The Python genie grants you that wish. You were almost right: >>> a = 2.000001 >>> b = 123456.789 >>> c = 1234.0001 >>> print (3 * '%12.3f') % (a, b, c) 2.000 123456.789 1234.000 >>> print 3 * '%12.3f' % (a, b, c) 2.000 123456.789 1234.000 >>> print 3 * '%12.3f' % a, b, c Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> TypeError: not enough arguments for format string (Note the spaces and parentheses. Python programmers thank you if put them improving readability a little). Bye, bearophile -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list