Python string interpolation using dictionary and strings

Question

Given:

dict = {\"path\": \"/var/blah\"}
curr = \"1.1\"
prev = \"1.0\"

What\'s the best/shortest way to interpolate the string to generate t

Answer 1

Why not:

mystr = "path: %s curr: %s prev: %s" % (mydict[path], curr, prev)

BTW, I've changed a couple names you were using that trample upon builtin names -- don't do that, it's never needed and once in a while will waste a lot of your time tracking down a misbehavior it causes (where something's using the builtin name assuming it means the builtin but you have hidden it with the name of our own variable).