Andre Alexander Bell wrote: > On 09/14/2010 08:20 PM, Miki wrote: >> You can use ** syntax: >>>>> english = {'hello':'hello'} >>>>> s.format(**english) > > Thanks for your answer. Actually your answer tells me that my example > was misleading. Consider the template > > s = 'A template with {variable1} and {variable2} placeholders.' > > I'm seeking a way to extract the named placesholders, i.e. the names > 'variable1' and 'variable2' from the template. I'm not trying to put in > values for them. > > I hope this is clearer.
>>> s = 'A template with {variable1} and {variable2} placeholders.' >>> [name for _, name, _, _ in s._formatter_parser() if name is not None] ['variable1', 'variable2'] Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list