On 1/26/06, John Fouhy <john at fouhy.net> wrote: > >>> for name in pairs: > ... print '%*s --> %*s' % (maxKey, name, maxValue, pairs[name]) thanks for pointing out the '*' syntax. Ignorant as I am I have had to write things like print '%%%ss --> %%%ss' % (maxKey, maxValue) % (name, pairs[name]) for years. Thanks :-) Michael