Question

I need to print something like this

"a=name1,b=name2,c=name1,d=name2"

While I have name1 and name2 in variable n1 n2

n1="name1"
n2="name2"

what I am trying to do

"a=%s,b=%s,c=%s,d=%s" % (n1,n2,n1,n2)

Is there a better way than this? way to avoid n1,n2,n1,n2 ?

with python 3 ?

and what if

print sys.version_info
(2, 1, 0, 'final', 0) 

Answer 1

"a=%(name1)s,b=%(name2)s,c=%(name1)s,d=%(name2)s" % {'name1': n1, 'name2': n2}