Problem with string format
Steven D'Aprano
steven at REMOVE.THIS.cybersource.com.au
Wed Mar 11 01:17:38 EDT 2009
On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:07:59 -0700, Mike314 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a strange problem with the string format:
>
>>>> '%s %s %s %s %s' % ['01', '02', '03', '04', '05']
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> TypeError: not enough arguments for format string
>
> But as soon I use tuple it is working:
>>>> '%s %s %s %s %s' % ('01', '02', '03', '04', '05')
> '01 02 03 04 05'
>
>
> What is the problem and how can I still use list?
There is no problem and you can't. As far as string formatting is
concerned, a list is a single object which goes into a single %s.
Try converting the list into a tuple first:
'%s %s %s %s %s' % tuple(['01', '02', '03', '04', '05'])
--
Steven
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