partial string formatting

You could use the partial function from functools which is short, most readable and also describes the coder's intention:

from functools import partial

s = partial("{foo} {bar}".format, foo="FOO")
print s(bar="BAR")
# FOO BAR

If you know in what order you're formatting things:

s = '{foo} {{bar}}'

Use it like this:

ss = s.format(foo='FOO') 
print ss 
>>> 'FOO {bar}'

print ss.format(bar='BAR')
>>> 'FOO BAR'

You can't specify foo and bar at the same time - you have to do it sequentially.

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