On 11/27/2015 12:50 PM, marcus lütolf wrote: > 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', '=') You're almost there - print '{0} {1} {2}'.format('a', '=', x) Emile > which gives me >>>> a = x instead of >>>> a = Marcus