embed data inside string

[Darrell]

If performance matters, concatenation is slower that using format strings.

--Darrell

Julia Bell <julia.bell at jpl.nasa.gov> wrote in message news:<3CE3C0DC.571F2415 at jpl.nasa.gov>...
> Thanks for all of the responses.
> 
> I recognize that the formatted strings are just as simple as the example line I gave
> using the concatenation.   (I just used the simple example to demonstrate the point).
> My actual application is more complex (lots of escaped characters, combination of
> single and double quotes, etc. - just a messy string to be creating - so I was hoping
> to at least eliminate the parts of the definition that involved leaving the quoted
> portion to evaluate the parameter).
> 
> But, from the responses it looks like the concatenation I'm using is probably the
> easiest way to go.
> 
> Thanks for the suggestions.
> 
> Julia Bell
>