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chaley · 04-28-2011, 09:29 AM

I was assuming that the values between the { } characters never contain newlines. I don't see why they should.

If this is true, then the following should work.

Code:

lines = text.split('\n')
result = []
for l in lines:
    result.append(composite_formatter.safe_format(l, mi, 'XXX', mi))
val = '\n'.join(result)

This code gives you back the multiline text, with template fields inserted.

Am I missing something?

04-28-2011, 09:29 AM	#4
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,449 Karma: 8012886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	I was assuming that the values between the { } characters never contain newlines. I don't see why they should. If this is true, then the following should work. Code: lines = text.split('\n') result = [] for l in lines: result.append(composite_formatter.safe_format(l, mi, 'XXX', mi)) val = '\n'.join(result) This code gives you back the multiline text, with template fields inserted. Am I missing something?