Template « Format « Python Data Type Q&A

1. whats the best way to parse and replace the string with its values?    stackoverflow.com

I may have string like,

"""Hello, %(name)s,
how are you today, 
here is amount needed: %(partner_id.account_id.debit_amount)d
"""

2. template in python    stackoverflow.com

How to write a function render_user which takes one of the tuples returned by userlist and a string template and returns the data substituted into the template, eg:

>>> tpl = "<a ...

3. Generate values for str.format style template strings from formatted output    stackoverflow.com

This might seem like a wierd requirement, but I am looking for a good implementation to do this. I have a dict like

vals = dict(red='#F00', green='#0F0', blue='#00F')

tpl = '{red}:{green}:{blue}'