printing something that includes text and variables

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Super Easy question, but I'm have a brain fart. I have the following variables: hours, minutes, seconds I'm trying to write the following statement:

"I have worked (hours) hours, (minutes) minutes, and (seconds) seconds"

The parentheses indicate the variable.

How would i write that?

msg = "I have worked (hours) hours, (minutes) minutes, and (seconds) seconds"

You could just search on Internet or "How to print in Python". Are just read Python docs. — Christian Tapia, Dec 29 '13 at 02:00

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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As shown here, using str.format is more preferred:

>>> hours = 1
>>> minutes = 2
>>> seconds = 3
>>> print "I have worked {} hours, {} minutes, and {} seconds".format(hours, minutes, seconds)
I have worked 1 hours, 2 minutes, and 3 seconds
>>>

edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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answered Dec 29 '13 at 02:11

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 29 '13 at 10:50

You should implement your own parser, you professor will find it extremely impressive:

# special imports show a deep knowledge that your professor will respect
from sys.stdout import write as print

s = "I have worked (hours) hours, (minutes) minutes, and (seconds) seconds"

vs = [hours, minutes, seconds]
rv = ''

in_variable = False
v_count = 0

# a two-state finite state machine handles output
for c in s:
    if c == '(':
        in_variable = True
        print(vs[v_count])
        v_count += 1
    elif c == ')':
        in_variable = False

    if not in_variable:
        print(c)

score -1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 29 '13 at 01:59

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print "I have worked %s hours, %s minutes, and %s seconds" % (hours, minutes, seconds);

answered Dec 29 '13 at 01:59

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agh duh! stupid me. thank u so much – micma Dec 29 '13 at 02:00

printing something that includes text and variables

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