Formatting a column's value output

[Ferrous Cranus]

Τη Σάββατο, 26 Ιανουαρίου 2013 8:04:12 μ.μ. UTC+2, ο χρήστης Chris Angelico έγραψε:
> On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 4:51 AM, Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >                                 print ( "<td><b><font color=yellow> %s </td>" % item )
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> > In the aboce code wheb 'URL' is to be typed out be print i need it to be formatted as a link, so the viewer can click on it.
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> > Is this possible please?
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> Easy, just make a tuple of item,item and have two %s markers:
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> print( "<td><b><font color=yellow><a href='%s'>%s</a></td>" % (item, item) )
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> But you need to concern yourself with escaping. In fact, you already
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> needed to, just to produce it as text - but it's now even more
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> important. I strongly suggest you look into that.
 
I can use triple (''') quoting so i dont have to escape special characters.

But i didnt understand you suggestion about the tuple.

The dataset returns many lines and i need to transfor only the URL column....
Sorry i did not understood.