[Tutor] writing HTML code to a variable/file

[Alan Gauld]

"Dayo Adewunmi" <contactdayo at gmail.com> wrote


> subsequently written to the file. How do I save this
>
> <a href=\"http://users.example.com/~" + userName + ">" + lastName + ", " 
> + firstName + "</a>
>
> to a variable, then?

aVar = '<a href=\"http://users.example.com/~' + userName + ">" + lastName + 
", "  + firstName + "</a>"

But IMHO its much easier to use string formatting:

aVar = '<a href="http://users.example.com/~%s>%s,%s</a>' %( 
userName,lastName,firstName)

Its also more efficient.

However in practice you don;t need to store it as a variable before writing 
it,
you can just write the string directly.

HTH,


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Alan Gauld
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