Re: [Tutor] printing format with list
Andy Cheesman wrote: Hi people Is there a way to use a list with printf formating without having to explicitly expanding the list after the % e.g a = [1, 2, 3] print Testing %i, %i, %i %(a[0], a[1], a[2]) It looks as though string formatting only understands tuples, not sequences in general: a = [1, 2, 3] print Testing: %i, %i, %i % tuple (a) or just: a = 1, 2, 3 print Testing: %i, %i, %i % a TJG ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] printing format with list
Andy Cheesman wrote: Hi people Is there a way to use a list with printf formating without having to explicitly expanding the list after the % e.g a = [1, 2, 3] print Testing %i, %i, %i %(a[0], a[1], a[2]) The argument after % must be a tuple (or a single item) so just convert the list to a tuple: print Testing %i, %i, %i % tuple(a) or create it as a tuple to begin with if that is practical... Kent ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
