automatic referencing for variables?

[sergio at village-buzz.com]

i am SURE i am using the wrong terminology...

but what i would like to do is something like this:

        pageContent='''
{toc}
h1. Header Section
h2. Date:
{metadata:date}'''+date+'''{metatdata}
h2. Author:
{metadata:author}Len Sweet{metadata}
h1. Exegesis
{metadata:exegesis}'''+exegesis+'''{metadata}
h1. Text Alive
{metadata:textalive}'''+textAlive+'''{metadata}
h1. Illustrations, Illuminations, Animations:
{metadata:illustrations}'''+illustrations+'''{metadata}
h1. Worship Resources
'''

but rather than have:

'''+variable+'''

have something a little cleaner..

in php, you can do something like

text="this is text where variable = {variable}";

can you do something like that in python?

thanks!