adding sys.stdout.write output to a variable

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Is there a way to add the output of sys.stdout.write to a variable? Or is there a better way to do what I am doing in jython:

I have a web address("www.example.com/whateverpage.html") and I want to create a variable which I get my script to click into so the end result must be:

HtmlAnchor[<a href="www.example.com/whateverpage.html">]

I tried using pageAnchor = 'HtmlAnchor[<a href="',PageLink,'">]' but it didn't work, because it outputs a space between the href and the PageLink variable. So I figured I was smart(which apparently I am far from :-) and used stdout.write to print with the spaces but when I output it in the script it looks perfect but when I try to save it to a variable and then print that variable I get (None, None, None).

The other way I thought of doing this is to use regexpressions to get rid of spaces but I need the space between 'a' and 'href'

I'm sure there is a simple way I'm just not seeing, can anyone give me any pointers.. Thanks!

jcomeau_ictx · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-18 03:12:10Z

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Maybe you want pageAnchor = ''.join(['HtmlAnchor[<a href="',PageLink,'">]'])

Or simply 'HtmlAnchor[<a href="' + PageLink + '">]'

But it's far from clear, to me, what you're trying to accomplish.

answered Mar 18, 2011 at 3:12

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Lostsoul Over a year ago

Thank you very much Jcomeau. ..thats the problem. The software I am using to extract the links(beautifulsoup) is not the same as I am using to click on pages and navigate(htmlunit).

sarnold · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-18 03:15:28Z

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Try something simpler, format strings :)

>>> addr="www.example.com"
>>> s = "HtmlAnchor[<a href=\"%s\">]" % addr
>>> s
'HtmlAnchor[<a href="www.example.com">]'
>>>

answered Mar 18, 2011 at 3:15

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Lostsoul Over a year ago

Thank you very much for the answer Sarnold. I think I get it now. I didn't know about the \"%s\" I'll play around with it. Thank you very much.

sarnold Over a year ago

Lostsoul, the \" are there just because you wanted the " in the HTML output. It could also have been: s = "HtmlAnchor[<a href='%s'>]" % addr -- the ' wouldn't require quoting in the double-quoted string.

JHSaunders Over a year ago

The % style of format strings is being deprecated slowly, the preferred new method is to use the format function. "HtmlAnchor[<a href=\"{0}\">]".format(addr) . See here for more info

sarnold Over a year ago

Thanks JHSaunders, I hadn't heard that yet. Pity, I liked the simplicity of %.

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