embed data inside string

[David K. Trudgett]

On Thursday 2002-05-16 at 04:19:43 +0000, Julia Bell wrote:

> I can create a string from a mixture of quoted strings and data with
> something like:
> mystring = "Value of parameter = " + parameter + " is unexpected"
> (where parameter is a variable holding a string value)
> Is there a way to embed the VALUE of the parameter in the string from
> within the quotes (essentially avoiding concatenating strings)?
> (I don't want to use formatted strings - I'm looking for something to
> simplify the line.)

The best way in Python would probably be:

mystring = "Value of parameter = %s is unexpected" % (parameter)

which, although a formatted string, looks pretty simple to me ;-)

David Trudgett