[Tutor] question on string

[ZIYAD A. M. AL-BATLY]

On Mon, 2005-08-01 at 10:42 -0700, Gilbert Tsang wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I would like to construct some string objects using the cprintf-style 
> format:
> 
> command_string = "diff -u %s %s > %s.patch" % ( src, dst, file )
> 
> Of course it is illegal in python but I couldn't figure out a way to 
> construct strings with that kind of formatting and substitution.
> 
> I have been looking and couldn't discover string constructor such as
> 
> command_string = string( "diff -u %s %s > %s.patch" % ( src, dst, file ) )
> 
>  From the documentation on docs.python.org, the closest is string 
> Template (but my python installation doesn't come with this module). Any 
> insights on initializing string in this manner?
> 
> 
> Thanks, Gilbert.
"file" is a reserved word!  This is why it's not working for you!
Change "file" to something else, like "result" for example.

Here:
        >>> src = 'file1.c'
        >>> dst = 'file2.c'
        >>> result = "result"
        >>> command_string = "diff -u %s %s > %s.patch" % (src, dst, result)
        >>> command_string
        'diff -u file1.c file2.c > result.patch'

Is this what you want?

Ziyad.