> Ehe....I didn't know about the %(foo)[s|d|whatever] format string, all this
>  time I was doing things like (for the example above):
> 
>  insert = "%s, %s, %s" % (articles['headline'], articles['text'], 
> articles['sternzeichen'])
> 
>  Now, I'm curious, is this a *BAD THING* to do ???

http://starship.python.net/quick-ref1_52.html and search for vars() as it's 
not in the standard documentation

I don't think what you do is bad as I had to do it like that myself but it is 
a bit clumsy particularly when you have a lot of keys.

Charlie


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