Rohit Mediratta wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I am using Centos 6.3 and python 2.6.6.
>
> When I try to assign a variables value inside a multiple line message, it
> does not work.
>
> >>>cardName = "ActualCardName"
> >>>data = """ <inst dn="root/child">
> <card name=%cardName descr="testingAgain"> """
> >>> print data
> <inst dn="root/child">
> <card name=%cardName descr="testingAgain">
>
>
> I would like %cardName to be replaced by "actualCardName". As you can see I
> am trying to use XML and therefore I
> will have several such replacements that I will need to do.
>
data = """ <inst dn="root/child">
<card name={0} descr="testingAgain"> """.format( cardName )
See here for more information on formatting syntax.
http://docs.python.org/2/library/string.html#formatstrings
>
> If someone can suggest a clean way for me to achieve my goal, that would be
> great.
>
> Please note, my input is going to be several lines long.
>
> thanks,
> Rohit
~Ramit
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