From: Austin Ziegler <Austin.Ziegler@...>
Date: 2004-06-03T01:51:30+09:00
Subject: Re: What is the equivalent of Python's "%s" % "MyString"?

> From: Sam Sungshik Kong [mailto:ssk@chol.nospam.net] 

> In python for ASP, for instance, I frequently write the 
> following style
> code.
> 
> html = """
>     <tr>
>         <td>%(name)s</td>
>         <td>%(age)d</td>
>     </tr>
> """
> di = {
>     "name": get_name_from_db(),
>     "age": get_age_from_db()
> }
> Response.Write(html % di)
> 
> Well, I may change the sequence (get the values first and setup the
> formatting string). However, in the above case, formatting is outer
> bound and the values are details. My brain feels more comfortable in
> this way...;^)
> 
> Sam

For this sort of situation, you may want to use a full-blown templating
library. However, there are other situations where (as noted), what
you're using is better than in-place substitution.

-austin
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