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I might just be being dumb tonight, but why doesn't this work:
>>'%s aaa %s aa %s' % ['test' for i in range(3)]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: not enough arguments for format string

(I'm in Python 2.4 if that matters)

Thanks,

Greg

Sep 6 '07 #1
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On Sep 5, 10:47 pm, "gregpin...@gma il.com" <gregpin...@gma il.com>
wrote:
I might just be being dumb tonight, but why doesn't this work:
>'%s aaa %s aa %s' % ['test' for i in range(3)]

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: not enough arguments for format string
Ah it just needs a tuple. I posted too soon I guess.
>>'%s aaa %s aa %s' % tuple(['test' for i in range(3)])
'test aaa test aa test'

-Greg
Sep 6 '07 #2
On Thu, 2007-09-06 at 02:47 +0000, gr********@gmai l.com wrote:
I might just be being dumb tonight, but why doesn't this work:
>'%s aaa %s aa %s' % ['test' for i in range(3)]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: not enough arguments for format string
To format multiple objects, the right operand must be a tuple. A list is
not a tuple, so '%' only sees one argument. You want something like
this:
>>'%s aaa %s aa %s' % tuple('test' for i in range(3))
'test aaa test aa test'

HTH,

--
Carsten Haese
http://informixdb.sourceforge.net
Sep 6 '07 #3

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