Re: Some python syntax that I'm not getting

2007-12-08 Thread Matt
Think of it as using a name instead of a position for your "%s". In addition to what others already said, I thought I'd add an example of where this is useful. One place where you don't just want to have a position is when doing internatiolization. When translating for example: "I'm going by %(tr

Re: Some python syntax that I'm not getting

2007-12-07 Thread Chris Mellon
On Dec 7, 2007 6:31 AM, waltbrad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello. Been studying Python for about a week now. I did a quick read > of the tutorial in the manual and I'm reading Programming Python by > Mark Lutz. I'm still getting used to the Python syntax, but I'm able > to pretty much follow w

Re: Some python syntax that I'm not getting

2007-12-07 Thread Laurent Pointal
Chris a écrit : > On Dec 7, 2:31 pm, waltbrad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I understand how D['say'] gets you 5, But I still don't understand >> the line after the 5. >> >> How is the character 's' some special code? And I don't get what is >> going on with the % character. I'm used to it's use

Re: Some python syntax that I'm not getting

2007-12-07 Thread Chris
On Dec 7, 2:31 pm, waltbrad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I understand how D['say'] gets you 5, But I still don't understand > the line after the 5. > > How is the character 's' some special code? And I don't get what is > going on with the % character. I'm used to it's use in c-style > formatt