How do I use Python to easily expand variables to strings?

Question

What\'s a nice idiom to do this:

Instead of: print \"%s is a %s %s that %s\" % (name, adjective, noun, verb)

I want to be able to do something to th

Answer 1

use string.Template

>>> from string import Template
>>> t = Template("$name is a $adjective $noun that $verb")
>>> t.substitute(name="Lionel", adjective="awesome", noun="dude", verb="snores")
'Lionel is a awesome dude that snores'