new string formatting with local variables

[Jabba Laci]

Hi,

I'd like to simplify the following string formatting:

solo = 'Han Solo'
jabba = 'Jabba the Hutt'
print "{solo} was captured by {jabba}".format(solo=solo, jabba=jabba)
# Han Solo was captured by Jabba the Hutt

What I don't like here is this: "solo=solo, jabba=jabba", i.e. the
same thing is repeated. In "solo=solo", the left part is a key and the
right part is the value of a local variable, but it looks strange.

I'd like something like this:
print "{solo} was captured by {jabba}".format(locals()) # WRONG!

But it doesn't work.

Do you have any idea?

Thanks,

Laszlo

 

[Steve Crook]

solo = 'Han Solo'
jabba = 'Jabba the Hutt'
print "{solo} was captured by {jabba}".format(solo=solo, jabba=jabba)
# Han Solo was captured by Jabba the Hutt

How about:-

print "%s was captured by %s" % (solo, jabba)

 

[Ethan Furman]

How about:-

print "%s was captured by %s" % (solo, jabba)

Or even

print "{} was captured by {}".format(solo, jabba)

or how about

print "{victim} was captured by {captor}".format(
victim=solo, captor=jabba)

or maybe

print "{hapless_twit} was captured by {mega_bad_dude}".format(
hapless_twit=solo, mega_bad_dude=jabba)


~Ethan~

 

[Prasad, Ramit]

print "{} was captured by {}".format(solo, jabba)
Is this Python2.7 specific?

Python 2.6.x :
ValueError: zero length field name in format


Ramit




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[Ethan Furman]

Is this Python2.7 specific?

Python 2.6.x :
ValueError: zero length field name in format

Apparently it is 2.7 and greater -- my apologies for not specifying that.

~Ethan~