dear pythonistas, thanks for your very valuable help. I am struggling with a simple piece of code: >>> x = Marcus >>> print '{0} {1} x'.format('a', '=') which gives me >>> a = x instead of >>> a = Marcus What's wrong ? Marcus. --- Diese E-Mail wurde von Avast Antivirus-Software auf Viren geprüft. https://www.avast.com/antivirus