On Mar 11, 9:20 am, George Sakkis wrote: > > How do create a dict assigning every missing key with a default > > string? > > "<a class='%(Style)s' href='%(Ref)s' title='%(Tip)s'>%(Text)s</a>" % > defaultdict(lambda:'_MISSING_', plistDict) Brilliant, I love Python. -- Gnarlie