[Tutor] String Replacement question

[Ricardo Aráoz]

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?
> 

print '%s %s %s %s' % ((some,) * 4)

HTH