On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Hugo Arts <hugo.yo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Rance Hall <ran...@gmail.com> wrote: > > My app will be printing a series of documents that are the same each > > time the doc is printed with the exception of the variables. Sort of > > a MailMerge if you will. > > > > > > I would suggest you take a look at string.Template or the str.format > method. It may be somewhat simpler than doing a whole lot of replaces, > perhaps faster as well. > > http://docs.python.org/library/string.html#template-strings > http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html#str.format > > Hugo > > I agree. I had a great deal of success with using docstrings along with str.format in a program I wrote at work. Example, two ways: """ Dear Mr. {0}, Thanks for your recent inquiry. Your current invoice #{1} is overdue by {2} days. Please make remittance by {3} in order to avoid overdue fees. Sincerely, {4} Billing Dept. """.format(client_name, inv_num, num_days, due_date, sender) or over_due_notice = """ Dear Mr. {0}, Thanks for your recent inquiry. Your current invoice #{1} is overdue by {2} days. Please make remittance by {3} in order to avoid overdue fees. Sincerely, {4} Billing Dept. """ over_due_notice.format(client_name, inv_num, num_days, due_date, sender)
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