tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237161444180571452.post8906519945663884025..comments2010-12-07T11:06:12.499-08:00lowkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02110530883983060094noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237161444180571452.post-77556842579771447882010-12-07T11:06:12.499-08:002010-12-07T11:06:12.499-08:00[&#39;My name is %s&#39; % name for name in [&#39;Earl&#39;, &#39;Matthew&#39;, &#39;David&#39;]]<br /><br />More concise I think.Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084560871262302396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237161444180571452.post-35288615406466734952010-12-07T07:27:58.563-08:002010-12-07T07:27:58.563-08:00Alex: Bravo!lowkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02110530883983060094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237161444180571452.post-49036440597800512872010-12-07T05:19:26.169-08:002010-12-07T05:19:26.169-08:00class TemplateList(list):<br /> def __mod__(self, other):<br /> return [s % v for (s, v) in zip(self, other)]<br /><br />&gt;&gt;&gt; substituted = TemplateList([&#39;My name is %s&#39;] * 3) % [&#39;Earl&#39;, &#39;Matthew&#39;, &#39;David&#39;]<br />&gt;&gt;&gt; print substituted<br />[&#39;My name is Earl&#39;, &#39;My name is Matthew&#39;, &#39;My name is David&#39;]<br /><br />:)<br /><br />(Sorry, the lack of pre tags makes that look godawful...)alex dantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14143498952297899974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237161444180571452.post-60348633520761112882010-12-07T01:54:13.660-08:002010-12-07T01:54:13.660-08:00Marius: I guess I can call it ... string substitution via list comprehension.lowkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02110530883983060094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237161444180571452.post-38717735606388049252010-12-07T01:48:41.872-08:002010-12-07T01:48:41.872-08:00It&#39;s &quot;list comprehension&quot;, which is even more fun to say. I don&#39;t think I&#39;ve ever seen &quot;list substitution&quot; used anywhere.Marius Gedminashttp://gedmin.as/noreply@blogger.com