Variable Interpolation - status of PEP 215

[Ganesan R]

>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> writes:

> Evading the question: are you aware of the ability of the Python 
> formatting operator to retrieve items from a dictionary rather 
> than just by order in a sequence?

I remember reading about this ..

>>>> foo = "trick"
>>>> bar = 95.5
>>>> print "This %(foo)s is loved by %(bar)s%% of programmers." % locals()
> This trick is loved by 95.5% of programmers.

> You can use any dictionary, but locals() or globals() can be handy
> in many cases.

but didn't know this particular trick. Pretty cool! Thanks. At least I am
glad that Python has the % formatting operator. I have to program in Java at
work and don't even ask me about the pain of printing messages in that
language :-(. And yes, I do know about Jython and love it :-).

Ganesan

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Ganesan R