James wrote:
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,),
Remove the trailing , in the last line. It is causing myString to be a
tuple.
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?
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Bob Gailer
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