Expanding templates#

The Python standard library defines string.Template strings, which are the implementation of PEP 292 simple string templates. Substitution placeholders are identified by a leading $-sign [1]. A substitution dictionary names the keys and values that should be substituted into the template, replacing the placeholders. This module defines the expand() function which takes the translated string and a substitution dictionary, and returns the resulting string.

Normally though, you shouldn’t have to call this function yourself.

>>> key_1 = 'key_1'
>>> key_2 = 'key_2'

>>> from flufl.i18n import expand
>>> print(expand(
...     '$key_2 is different than $key_1', {
...         key_1: 'the first key',
...         key_2: 'the second key',
...         }))
the second key is different than the first key