Tracubik wrote: > Hi all, > > i want to print on linux console (terminal) a message like this one: > > ******************************** > error message of variable lenght > ******************************** > > to print the asterisks line i do this: > > def StringOfAsterisks(myString): > asterisksString = "*" > for i in range(1,len(myString): > asterisksString += "*" > print asterisksString > > so i create the asterisksString of the lenght i need > > There is a better way of creating asterisksString?
> >>> "*" * 10 '**********' > the code seem to work for me, but it doesn't work properly if in errorMsg > there is some "esotic" char like euro char (€): > >>>> euro = "€" >>>> len(euro) > 3 > > how i can solve this? This is less likely to fail when you use unicode strings: >>> def print_message(s): ... print "*" * len(s) ... print s ... print "*" * len(s) ... >>> print_message(u"You are leaving the € zone") ************************** You are leaving the € zone ************************** Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list