Newbie advice for string fromatting

[Hannu Kankaanpää]

gtewalt at earthlink.net (gt) wrote in message news:<f9b7c11d.0307020642.7231cd82 at posting.google.com>...
> O.k., four days into playing with python
> and I have a little problem that I would like 
> to get some feedback on.
> ( as far as the best way to go about it )
> 
> Basically, just a little Mad-Libs type script.
> 
> Something like:
> 
> libs = ["adverb", "noun", "verb", "tool"]
> words = {a:j, n:j, v:j, t:j}
> for x in libs:
>        print "Enter a ", x, ": ",
>        words[j] = raw_input()
> print "The %s %s %s with a %s." % (a, n, v, t)
> 
> What is the most efficient way to do something like this?

This is pretty compact :)

libs = ["adverb", "noun", "verb", "tool"]
words = [raw_input("Enter a " + x + " : ") for x in libs]
print "The %s %s %s with a %s." % tuple(words)

Could be even written as a perverted one-liner.

...Maybe a real 'for' loop for getting the words would be better
in this case though. So that the input could be verified too.