Ulrich Eckhardt wrote:
What I'm surprised is that this isn't supported: "%(1)s %(2)s" % ("zero", "one", "two") i.e. specifying the index in a sequence instead of the key into a map (maybe I would use [1] instead of (1) though). Further, the key can't be a simple number it seems, which makes this even more inconvenient to me. Can anyone explain this to me?
History. See below.
Also, why isn't the 's' conversion (i.e. to a string) the default? I personally would like to just write something like this: "%1 is not %2" % ("zero", "one", "two") or maybe "%[1] is not %[2]" % ("zero", "one", "two")
In 2.6 (I believe) and 3.0: >>> "{1} is not {2} or {0}. It is just {1}".format("zero", "one", "two") 'one is not two or zero. It is just one' -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list