> ... print '%*s --> %*s' % (maxKey, name, maxValue, pairs[name]) > > thanks for pointing out the '*' syntax. Ignorant as I am I have > had to write things like > > print '%%%ss --> %%%ss' % (maxKey, maxValue) % (name, pairs[name])
I didn't even try that, I've always done it on two lines fmt = "%%%ds --> %%%ds' % (width1,width2) print fmt % (value1,value2) '%*s' is a neat trick, albeit a tad obscure in the readability stakes. But is %%%ds any better?! Alan G. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
