'''Create an html file with user input (a name) embedded,
and call the default web browser to display the file.'''
# NEW more appropriate name, now that it is a format string
pageTemplate = '''
Hello
Hello, %s!
''' # NEW note '%s' two lines ups
def main(): # NEW
person = raw_input("Enter a name: ")
contents = pageTemplate % person
browseLocal(contents, 'helloPython.html')
def strToFile(text, filename):
"""Write a file with the given name and the given text."""
output = file(filename,"w")
output.write(text)
output.close()
def browseLocal(webpageText, filename):
"""Start your webbrowser on a local file containing the text."""
strToFile(webpageText, filename)
import webbrowser
webbrowser.open(filename)
main()