Need to output a function That takes in strings and ints in python

Question

The function in question is:

switch({source}, condition1, Condition Nth, value1, value Nth)

The Way I need to output it involves using 0 and 1s (True/False) and will look like this:

"switch([.]ALARM,1,0,On,Off, Unknown)"

Where the 1 and 0 need to be ints instead of strings.

The program we have to use at work does not allow me to use .format and I was curious is there a way to make this happen.

Example of what I have tried:

First test (index 0 is the 0 and/or 1s in question for both variables):

formula = "switch({source}, \"" + int(conditionOne[0]) + "\""+  "," + "\"" + int(conditionTwo[0]) + "\""+ "," + "\"" + conditionOne[1] + "\"" + "," + "\"" + conditionTwo[1] + "\"" + ", \"Unknown\")"

Second test (the program reads {} as sets instead of formatting:

    test = "switch({source}, \"" + {0} + "\""+  "," + "\"" + {1} + "\""+ "," + "\"" + conditionOne[1] + "\"" + "," + "\"" + conditionTwo[1] + "\"" + ", \"Unknown\")".format(conditionOne[0],conditionTwo[0])

Edit and Answer:

I reached out to ignition personal and found out they use %d, which I have never used since the updates of python 3. I am guessing that program uses an old form of python?

Here is the code that gets it to work, if anyone else out there uses the ignition program:

test3 =   "switch({source}, %d, %d," % (int(conditionOne[0]),int(conditionTwo[0])) + "\"" + conditionOne[1] + "\"" + "," + "\"" + conditionTwo[1] + "\"" + ", \"Unknown\")"

@MarkRansom since f-strings you don't need format at all actually — Gameplay
– Gameplay, Commented Dec 29, 2022 at 16:37
@Gameplay the point wasn't .format exactly, it was about arbitrary restrictions. — Mark Ransom
– Mark Ransom, Commented Dec 29, 2022 at 16:41

JQTs · Accepted Answer · 2022-12-29 17:31:50Z

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Edit and Answer:

I reached out to ignition personal and found out they use %d, which I have never used since the updates of python 3. I am guessing that program uses an old form of python?

Here is the code that gets it to work, if anyone else out there uses the ignition program:

test3 =   "switch({source}, %d, %d," % (int(conditionOne[0]),int(conditionTwo[0])) + "\"" + conditionOne[1] + "\"" + "," + "\"" + conditionTwo[1] + "\"" + ", \"Unknown\")"

answered Dec 29, 2022 at 17:31

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