[Tutor] String Replacement question

[bob gailer]

Faheem wrote:
> Hi all,
>  How do I replace the same value multiple times without repeating the
> same variable name/value repeatedly?
> for ex.  
>
>  some = 'thing' 
>  print '%s %s %s %s' % (some,some,some,some)
>
> in this case, my question is how do i replace "% (some,some,some)" with
> something more concise?
>
>   
The tersest I can offer is:
print '%s %s %s %s' % ((some,)*4)


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