On 12/31/2011 12:19 PM, davidfx wrote: > Should we always be using .format() for formatting strings or %? In new code, yes. %-style formatting will eventually go away, but probably not for a long time. > If I wanted to put .format into a variable, how would I do that. What do you mean? -- CPython 3.2.2 | Windows NT 6.1.7601.17640