The string.join() approach is better for your purpose, but FYI you can multiply a string to repeat it:
In [2]: "%s\t" * 6 Out[2]: '%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t' - Michael On Aug 18, 3:27 am, Bruno Desthuilliers <bruno. [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cameron Simpson a écrit : > > > > > On 18Aug2008 11:58, Beema Shafreen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > | In my script i have to print a series of string , so > > | > > | print "%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t" %("a","v","t","R","s","f") > > | > > | I need to know instead of typing so many %s can i write %6s in python, as > > | we do in C progm. > > > I hate to tell you this, but "%6s" in C does NOT print 6 strings. It > > prints 1 string, right justified, in no less that 6 characters. > > C is just like Python in this example. > > > | What are the other options . > > > Write a small loop to iterate over the strings. Print a tab before each > > string except the first. > > Or use the str.join method: > > print "\t".join(list("avtRsf")) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list