A trivial question about print

[Brad Bollenbach]

In article <3CB58302.5090200 at mxm.dk>, Max M wrote:
> btw: it would be nice if join() had a switch so that it would 
> automatically do a str() on each object it joins.
> 
> like::
> 
> >>> print ','.join(range(5), toStr=1)
> 0,1,2,3,4
> 
> I keep having to do this repeatedly in my code when formatting output.
> 
> Perhaps join() should even do this as the default, as it makes the most 
> sense in the join() context.
> 
> like::
> 
> def newJoin(self, items):
>      return self.join([str(i) for i in items])
> 
> Is there any case where it isn't applicable at all?
 
There's lots of places where it's not applicable:

>>> amounts = [1.234, 5.281, 45.23421]
>>> ','.join(["%.2f" % x for x in amounts])
'1.23,5.28,45.23'

or whatever. The point is, the possibilities are limited only by your
imagination.


HTH,

Brad Bollenbach