Re: percent string replacement with index

2008-06-25 Thread Ulrich Eckhardt
Ulrich Eckhardt wrote: > What I'm surprised is that this isn't supported: > > "%(1)s %(2)s" % ("zero", "one", "two") Thanks Terry and Matimus, actually I'm using 2.4 and considering upgrading now. ;) Uli -- Sator Laser GmbH Geschäftsführer: Thorsten Föcking, Amtsgericht Hamburg HR B62 932 -

Re: percent string replacement with index

2008-06-24 Thread Matimus
On Jun 24, 12:26 pm, Terry Reedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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

Re: percent string replacement with index

2008-06-24 Thread Terry Reedy
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 make

percent string replacement with index

2008-06-24 Thread Ulrich Eckhardt
Hi! I'm still mostly learning Python and there is one thing that puzzles me about string formatting. Typical string formatting has these syntaxes: "%s is %s" % ("GNU", "not Unix") "%(1)s %(2)s" % ("1":"one", "2":"two") What I'm surprised is that this isn't supported: "%(1)s %(2)s" % ("zer