>> Is there an easy way to make string-formatting smart enough to
>> gracefully handle iterators/generators? E.g.
>>
>> transform = lambda s: s.upper()
>> pair = ('hello', 'world')
>> print "%s, %s" % pair # works
>> print "%s, %s" % map(transform, pair) # fails
>>
>> with a """
>> TypeError: not enough arguments for format string
>> """
>
> Note that your problem has nothing to do with map itself. String
> interpolation using % requires either many individual arguments, or a
> single *tuple* argument. A list is printed as itself.
>
> py> "%s, %s" % ['hello', 'world']
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
I hadn't ever encountered this, as I've always used tuples
because that's what all the example code used. I thought it had
to do with indexability/iteration, rather than tuple'ness.
Apparently, my false assumption. People apparently use tuples
because that's the requirement, not just because it reads well or
is better/faster/smarter than list notation.
:)
> TypeError: not enough arguments for format string
> py> "%s" % ['hello', 'world']
> "['hello', 'world']"
>
> So the answer is always use tuple(...) as others pointed.
I'll adjust my thinking on the matter, and mentally deprecate
map() as well.
Thanks to all who responded.
-tkc
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