On 13 kol, 21:12, "Jan Kaliszewski" <z...@chopin.edu.pl> wrote: > Me wrote: > > 13-08-2009 azrael <jura.gro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>>> j > >> [u'Tata', u'Oriovac', u'PrimorskoGoranska', u'hrvatska', u'Kuna'] > >>>>> len(j) > >> 5 > >>>>> h = """SELECT distinct u.id_ulica, o.id_opcina, z.id_zupanija, > >>>>> d.id_drzava, v.id_valuta FROM ulica as u, opcina as o, zupanija as > >>>>> z, drzava as d, valuta as v WHERE u.naziv = '%s' AND o.naziv = > >>>>> '%s' AND z.naziv = '%s' AND d.naziv = '%s' AND v.naziv = '%s'""" % > >>>>> (j) > >> Traceback (most recent call last): > >> File "<string>", line 1, in <string> > >> TypeError: not enough arguments for format string > > >> I want to format the string. the list has five elements and the string > >> has five placeholder but it wont format the string > > > j must be a tuple -- so either define it as > > [snip] > > PS. If you use Python 2.6 or newer, better use .format() method > (then you can use also a list): > > >>> h = """SELECT distinct u.id_ulica, o.id_opcina, z.id_zupanija, \ > > ... d.id_drzava, v.id_valuta FROM ulica as u, opcina as o, zupanija as \ > ... z, drzava as d, valuta as v WHERE u.naziv = '{0}' AND o.naziv = \ > ... '{1}' AND z.naziv = '{2}' AND d.naziv = '{3}' AND v.naziv = '{4}'\ > ... """.format(*j) > > Cheers, > *j > > -- > Jan Kaliszewski (zuo) <z...@chopin.edu.pl>
Thanks Worked fine for me. I was a freakin idiot. I forgot about using a tuple. damn lists :D Thanks for the debuginig of my thoughts and actions. thnx -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list