On Friday, August 10, 2001, at 02:18 AM, Danny Yoo wrote:

>  On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, Charlie Clark wrote:

> 

> > I'd like to use vars() in together with a database command (Marc André

> > Lemburg's mxODBC) but seem to have missed something.

> >

> > articles = {'sternzeichen': 'Wassermann', 'text': 'Es wird besser',

> > 'headline': 'Horoskop f\xc3\xbcr Peter'}

> >

> > when I use

> > insert = "%headline, %text, %sternzeichen" %vars(articles)

> 

[snip]
>  Start screaming.  *grin* We won't need to call vars() at all: we can 

>  just

>  do the interpolation directly with the dictionary that's in our hands:

> 

>  ###

> >>> insert = "%(headline)s, %(text)s, %(sternzeichen)s" % articles

> >>> print insert

>  Horoskop fr Peter, Es wird besser, Wassermann

>  ###


But if you really want to use vars, you can:

 > >> class Blank:

...     pass
...
 > >> article = Blank()

 > >> article.headline = "Horoscope for Peter"

 > >> article.text = "Things are looking up!"

 > >> article.asterisk = "Aquarius"

 > >> print "\n%(headline)s* \n\n%(text)s\n----\n*%(asterisk)s" % 

vars(article)

Horoscope for Peter*

Things are looking up!
----
*Aquarius

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