I want to use a Template string class starting from a list. I started with: from string import Template temp = Template('-* $item - \n') items = ["alpha", "beta", "gama"] subs = ''.join([temp.substitute(item) for item in items]) This fails because it needs a dictionary and not a list. Results should be: -* alpha - -* beta - -* gama - Some limitations: I know it can be done using append but I want the flexibility of passing templates, and some of them are more complicated than the one in example Should work with both python2 and 3 Ideally will be something more like jinja2 or django templates rendering, but unfortunately I can't add third-party packages, besides I need only variables and list replacements. Continue reading...
