[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I'm creating a small application in Python that uses lists and > dictionaries to create a rudimentary database. I'd like to create some > "fill-in-the-blanks" reports from this data, ideally by taking an RTF > or plaintext file as a template and replacing placeholder tags with my > data. > Are there any good pre-written systems that would allow me to do this? >
Another option is the 'embedded_code.py' module used by `Firedrop2 <http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/firedrop2/>`_ and `rest2web <http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/rest2web/>`_. It takes a text string as input and a namespace (dictionary) as input and returns a text string. It replaces single placeholders of the form : <% name %> It also executes chunks of embedded code in the namespace, and replaces them with whatever the code prints to stdout. These are of the form : <# print name if name2.startswith('something'): print name2 #> This is very useful for simple templating. All the best, Fuzzyman http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/shareware.shtml > Thanks, > - QS Computing. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
