Trilok Khairnar wrote: >> With this, and if you want to use your formatted print statements instead >> > of the join, you could use something like > >> print "Specials: %s %s %s" % tuple(menu_specials.values()) which turns the >> > output of menu_specials.values() (a list) into a tuple. > >> Disadvantage is that you'll need to know the number of values in advance, >> > for the number of '%s' in your format string (alternatively, > >> you could build up the format string in a loop first). Note that values() >> > bypasses the above list comprehensions entirely. > > With the following, you can do fine without knowing the length in advance. > > tpl = tuple(menu_specials.values()) > Print "Specials: " + ' '.join(["%s"*len(tpl)]) % tpl > I don't see the point of building a format string and then substituting for it. Why not just do: print "Specials: " + ' '.join(menu_specials.values())
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