%* control characters question.

[Gerrit Holl]

Hello,

is there a module to fetch %* control characters, like strftime does?
Currently, I have this code:

s=raw_input("format: ")
string.replace(s, '%a', foo)
string.replace(s, '%b', bar)
string.replace(s, '%c', foobar)
etc.

I also want '%4a' to work. Are there functions to parse this sort of things?

regards,
Gerrit.

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