[Newbie] Python as a frontend to other apps.

[Darrell]

If you use %(key) then use something like this:
>>> dic={'k1':'val1'}
>>> s="%(k1)s"
>>> s%dic
'val1'

or
>>> s="%s hello %s"
>>> s%('aaa','bbb')
'aaa hello bbb'

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--Darrell