Substituting variables in string with re

[Robert Vollmert]

Hi,

> Below is a (sligthly edited (it worked, all errors are due editing)) part
> of my code that substitutes variables (defined as ${variable}) in a string
> with a value from a dictionary:

you could simply use the %-operator to do this:

>>> 'insert %(variable)s here' % {'variable': 'value'}
'insert value here'
>>>

The extra 's' determines the formatting of the variable.

Apart from that, you might want to try to use the 'string' module
instead of regular expressions. Often, this will lead to faster (and
cleaner) code.

HTH,
Robert

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Robert Vollmert                                      rvollmert at gmx.net