[Tutor] string formatting

[Matthew Pirritano]

All,

 

I know that I can do this:

 

"the %s is %s" % ('sky', 'blue')

 

But I have very large blocks of text and I thought there was another way
like

 

X = "sky"

Y = "blue"

 

"the %(X)s is %(Y)s"

 

But I've tried this and it is not working. I'm just trying to get it to work
in the interpreter right now.

 

I'm using python 2.6.5. I need to use this version because it is compatible
with the software that it is working with (SPSS).

 

What am I missing?

 

Thanks

Matt

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