'generating' a print statement

[David Broadwell]

Do i have the wrong approach here?

using
def wideprint(temp):
    format = '"
    format2 = '('
    for i in range(len(temp)):
        format = format + "%s   "
        format2 = format2 + "temp["+str(i)+"],"
    format = format + '"'
    format2 = format2 + ')'
    print "wideprint calling print with %s - %s " % (format, format2)
    print format % format2

What i want to see:
>>> temp = ['some','words','here']
>>> wideprint(temp)
wideprint calling print with "%s  %s  %s  " - (temp[0],temp[1],temp[2],)
some    words   here

Reality:
>>> temp = ['some','words','here']
>>> wideprint(temp)
wideprint calling print with "%s  %s  %s" - (temp[0],temp[1],temp[2],)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#49>", line 1, in ?
    wideprint(temp)
  File "<pyshell#48>", line 10, in wideprint
    print format % format2
TypeError: not enough arguments for format string

I'm trying to avoid using a 'kluge' construct like;
for item in range(len(temp)):
    if  len(temp) == 5:
        print "%s   %s  %s  %s  %s" %
(temp[0],temp[1],temp[2],temp[3],temp[4])
    elif len(temp) == 4:
        print "%s   %s  %s  %s" % ((temp[0],temp[1],temp[2],temp[3])
    elif len(temp) == 3:
        print "%s   %s  %s" % (temp[0],temp[1],temp[2])
    elif len(temp) == 2:
        print "%s   %s" % (temp[0],temp[1])
    elif len(temp) == 1:
        print "%s" % (temp[0])

Pointers?

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David Broadwell