Python Programming Language :: Feature request: New string conversion type to ignore list item


	Feature request: New string conversion type to ignore list item Hi, let's assume you want to nicely print the content of a list except for one (or some) individual item. You could do it like this: t = ["foo", "skip me", 1, 2, 3] print("text: %s\nvalues: %i %i %i" % (t[0], t[2], t[3], t[4])) If there was a conversion type which simply ignores the corresponding list item - let's call it "%v" like "void" - things would be much easier: t = ["foo", "skip me", 1, 2, 3] print("text: %s\nvalues: %v%i %i %i" % t) I guess that this new conversion type wouldn't break any existing code. What do you think? Cheers, Tom thomas.p@gmail.com wrote: > let's assume you want to nicely print the content of a list except for > one (or some) individual item. You could do it like this: > t = ["foo", "skip me", 1, 2, 3] > print("text: %s\nvalues: %i %i %i" % (t[0], t[2], t[3], t[4])) or like this: >>> "%s %.s %s" % ("first", "second", "third") 'first third' Peter On 5 Jun., 13:12, Peter Otten <__pete@web.de> wrote: > or like this: > >>> "%s %.s %s" % ("first", "second", "third") > 'first third' Hey, that's great, thanks Peter! Tom