Python: Capitalize a word using string.format()

Question

Is it possible to capitalize a word using string formatting? For example,

\"{user} did such and such.\".format(user=\"foobar\")

should return \

Answer 1

You can pass extra values and just not use them, like this lightweight option

printme = random.choice(["On {date}, {user} did la-dee-dah. ",
                         "{User} did la-dee-dah on {date}. "
                         ])

output = printme.format(user=x, date=y, User=x.capitalize())

The best choice probably depends whether you are doing this enough to need your own fullblown Formatter.