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

Some python syntax that I'm not getting

2007-12-07 Thread waltbrad
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 what is being said. But tonight Lutz was talking about implementing