On 13/05/2013 22:51, Jim Mooney wrote:
I'm trying variable substitution in a format string that looks like one
that works, but I get an error. What am I doing wrong? tks
x = 40
s = 'John flew to the {0:-^{x}} yesterday'
print(s.format('moon', x))
Error is builtins.KeyError: 'x'
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Jim
Using over complicated modern string formatting? Stick with the old C
style % style and it's much easier. Contrary to popular belief it's not
going away :)
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