On Saturday, February 8, 2014 4:58:03 PM UTC+5:30, Asaf Las wrote: > Check this approach if it suits you:
> str_t= '<script type="text/javascript' \ > '<src="/{0}/jquery/jqueryui.js"></script>' \ > '<script type="text/javascript'\ > 'src="/{1}/jquery/jquery.js"></script>'.format('bella', 'donna') > print(str_t) Many people prefer this >>> str_t= ( '<script type="text/javascript' ... '<src="/{0}/jquery/jqueryui.js"></script>' ... '<script type="text/javascript' ... 'src="/{1}/jquery/jquery.js"></script>' ... ) >>> str_t '<script type="text/javascript<src="/{0}/jquery/jqueryui.js"></script><script type="text/javascriptsrc="/{1}/jquery/jquery.js"></script>' Which is to say use the fact that adjacent string constants get automatically concatenated. You avoid the ugly \ at EOL though you then need an enclosing paren. However this is still C programmer style Triple quotes are better And templating engine is still better And for more heavy duty use of format, it may be better to use named-formats + a dict >>> dc={'pth':'bella', 'file':'donna'} >>> formatstr='<script >>> type="text/javascript<src="/%(pth)s/jquery/jqueryui.js"></script><script >>> type="text/javascriptsrc="/%(file)s/jquery/jquery.js"></script>' >>> formatstr % dc '<script type="text/javascript<src="/bella/jquery/jqueryui.js"></script><script type="text/javascriptsrc="/donna/jquery/jquery.js"></script>' -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list