What is this syntax ?

[Vito 'ZeD' De Tullio]

Roy Smith wrote:

> There's something nice about building up strings in-line, as
> opposed to having to look somewhere to see what's being interpolated.
> To give a more complex example, consider:
> 
> print "$scheme://$host:$port/$route#$fragment"
> 
> That certainly seems easier to me to read than:
> 
> print "%s://%s:%s/%s#%s" % (scheme,
>                             port,
>                             host,
>                             route,
>                             fragment)
> 
> because I don't have to line up the nth format specifier with the nth
> data item.

well, in python3 you can use dict to format strings

>>> print("%(a)s" % {'a':'b'})
b

and you can achieve php interpolation via locals()

>>> a = 'b'
>>> print("%(a)s" % locals())
b


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By ZeD