[Tutor] simple problem

Sean 'Shaleh' Perry shalehperry@attbi.com
Fri, 05 Jul 2002 14:46:39 -0700 (PDT)


On 05-Jul-2002 Kyle Babich wrote:
> I know this is simple, but I can find the answer in the documentation
> (although I guess it has to be there somewhere).
> Please bear with me because if you've read any of my messages you know
> I'm a complete newbie to python.
> 
> I know how to do something like:
> myname = "Kyle"
> print "Hello, my name is", myname
> 
> But how would I call up the myname variable in the middle of the print
> command?
> (Ie. print "Hello, #myname variable here# where do you live?"
> ---

myname = 'Sean'
person = 'Kyle'

a) print "Hello, " + person + " my name is " + myname

b) print "Hello, %s my name is %s" % (person, myname)


c) print "Hello, ", person, " my name is ", myname

I tend to prefer b, many people use a.  C is kind of frowned on.