romach · April 2, 2017 20:06
diff --git a/create-file-by-template.py b/create-file-by-template.py
 from string import Template

 #open the file
 file = open( 'foo.txt' )
 #read it
 template = Template( file.read() )
 #document data
 title = "This is the title"
 subtitle = "And this is the subtitle"
 list = ['first', 'second', 'third']
 file_content={ 'title':title, 'subtitle':subtitle, 'list':'\n'.join(list) }
 #do the substitution
 result = template.substitute(file_content)
 print result
diff --git a/template.txt b/template.txt
 $title
 ...
 $subtitle
 ...
 $list
	from string import Template

	#open the file
	file = open( 'foo.txt' )
	#read it
	template = Template( file.read() )
	#document data
	title = "This is the title"
	subtitle = "And this is the subtitle"
	list = ['first', 'second', 'third']
	file_content={ 'title':title, 'subtitle':subtitle, 'list':'\n'.join(list) }
	#do the substitution
	result = template.substitute(file_content)
	print result