On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:53:25 am Steven D'Aprano wrote: > This is how you would do it with the asterisk: you need a > meta-template to make a template.
Doh! I meant *without* the asterisk. > >>> meta = "(a) %%05d | (b) %%0%dd" > >>> template = meta % 5 > >>> template % (42, 42) > > '(a) 00042 | (b) 00042' -- Steven D'Aprano _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor