> > print "%s\t%s" % (m,menu[m][0]) > > > I am curious what the "%" by itself is doing.
Its a standard string formatting operation in Python. The % operator basically says substitute the values in the folowing tuple for the marked fields in the foregoing string. The print statement above therefore is roughly equivalent to: print m + '\t' + menu[m][0] But the formatting markers allow you to add formatting data like the minimum number of characters, right/left justification, number of digits after a decimal point, hex or decimal display of numbers etc etc. Take a look in the Python docs for string formatting. Alan G. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
