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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">1. how can I format outfile so i
can write multiple lines<br>
and then apend multiple lines later before closing the
file?</blockquote><br>
It sounds like you want to update the file in successive passes. This is
hard or impossible. Your best bet is to read one file and write
another.<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""> 2. how can I make data
formatting string '%25s' intiger (in this<br>
case 25) a variable?</blockquote><br>
Use %*s. Assuming width = 25:<br>
%25s' % 3 == '%*s' % (width, 3) <br>
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