print... okay, howabout sprintf?

[Manus Hand]

Courageous wrote:
> 
> Okay, I've noticed that python print supports printf style format
> notation, and that's cool. But how do you do the same thing with
> strings. i.e., what's the equivalent of sprintf()?
> 
>
You found your answer in the % operator.  Just use it in an
assignment statement instead of in a print statement:

>>> result = "%d + %d = %d...Isn't that %s?" % (2, 2, 2+2, 'cool')
>>> print result
2 + 2 = 4...Isn't that cool?
>>>

Manus