All, I'm trying to do something pretty simple, but I can't seem to get Python to behave nicely. :)
I'd like to automate a script that sends out three or four lists in an e-mail. I have a function dedicated to sending e-mail that will take a string variable, slap it in a message, and send it on its merry way. The issue, however, is that I can't format the string I want correctly. I'd like to do something similar to the following: myString = """Hello. Below is an automated e-mail with important statistics. The following user accounts expired today: <user1> - <Full Name> <user2> - <Full Name 2> ... The following user accounts will expire within the next 7 days: <user3> - <Full Name 3> <user4> - <Full Name 4> ... The following user accounts will expire in the next month: <user 5> - <Full Name 5> <user 6> - <Full Name 6>""" I've written some code that actually does include a list of users, like this: myString = """Hello. Below is an automated e-mail with important statistics. The following user accounts expired today: %s The following user accounts will expire within the next 7 days: %s The following user accounts will expire in the next month: %s""" % (expiredAccounts,toExpire7,toExpire30,), Of course in this scenario, the variables in the parenthesis are strings with newlines in them. But when I do a 'print myString', it shows everything in one line, including the '\n' characters at the end of every user account listed. Thoughts on what I may be doing wrong? Thanks! - j _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
