[Solved] String tags in string variables.

[jacktim]

As part of a small project I'm working on (just mucking about with the RenPy system), I have a character select screen that stores a dialog line as a string. This string includes string tags (in particular the alpha tag) and when the string is called later, it displays the full string instead of parsing the tag. Is there any way to get it to parse the tag?

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    menu:
        "Who would you like to play as?"
        "Lawrence \"Law\" Dale":
            $ char = law
            $ diag = "\"Whaddya say kid? Wanna work together?\"\n\nPlay as the Demon Bounty Hunter, Law?"
        "Sarah \"Sadie\" Jaegar":
            $ char = sadie
            $ diag = "\"Let\'s do this! {alpha=0.5}But don\'t tell Law!{/alpha}\"\n\nPlay as Little Scorpion Sadie?"
        "\"Desi Ethica\"" if flags.Law and flags.Sadie:
            $ char = desi
            $ diag = "\"Aw, aren\'t you sweet? I\'ll play with you. ^_^\"\n\nPlay as the Black Cat Desi \"Miss Fortune\" Ethica?"
    menu:
        char "%(diag)s"
        "Yes":
            jump ch_00
        "No":
            jump char_select

I'm rather new to RenPy and Python, so there's no doubt a simple solution I'm missing out on.
Thanks in advance!

[PyTom]

Try using the new-form substitutions.

char "[diag]"

[jacktim]

Yeah, I just figured that one out. Thanks much!

I knew it was going to be something silly.