Well, my ideas weren't so good: On Friday 16 October 2009, Eike Welk wrote: > I have an other idea for a color function. It cam be embedded in > the print statement because it returns an empty string: > > > def color(color_num): > '''Change text color and return empty string.''' > textcolor(color_num) > return '' > > print "There are", color(4), apples_left, \ > color(7), "left in the basket." This one is a bit inelegant; look at Kent's mail. > > #or > > print "There are " + color(4) + str(apples_left) \ > + color(7) + " left in the basket." And this statement unfortunately doesn't work. The color change commands are both executed when the string is assembled; before the string is printed. So the whole text is printed in color 7.
Sorry for wasting your time, Eike. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
