[Tutor] Re: Why is this write defined as a tuple, instead of picking list?

[Alan Gauld]

> The relevant line looks like this:
>
>    write = "a", "b", "c'
>
> This happens to be syntax for tuples, meaning that write becomes a
tuple. If
> you want to concatenate strings, you should use "+":
>
>    write = "a" + "b" + "c"
>
> It is generally not recommended to use this, because it's slow. It's
better
> to have a list of substrings like this:
>
>   write = ["a", "b", "c"]
>
> and then use the string method join() to convert that list into a
string

Or even use a format operator with the tuple:

    write = "%s%s%s" % ("a", "b", "c')

> In this particular (partial) case, I'd even recommend string
formatting:
>
>   write = "<h3>%s</h3>" % article_items[0]

Yes in this case hard coding the <h3> makes even more sense!
And formatting is pretty fast coz it happens in C.

Alan G.