output from external commands

[Peter Hansen]

Mike Meyer wrote:
> darren kirby <bulliver at badcomputer.org> writes:
> 
>>If all you want is filenames this will work:
>>
>>>>>import glob
>>>>>files = ["%s" % f for f in glob.glob("*")]
> 
> 
> What's the point of doing "%s" % f? How is this different from just
> file = [f for f in glob.glob("*")]?

Answering narrowly, the difference is that using "%s" calls str() on the 
items in the result list, while your suggestion does not.  ("Why not 
just use str(f) instead of the less clear '%s' % f?" would be a valid 
question too though.)

-Peter