title: python equivalent to perl's qw()
body: <p>I do this a lot in Perl:</p>
  
  <pre><code>printf "%8s %8s %8s\n", qw(date price ret);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, the best I can come up with in Python is</p>
  
  <pre><code>print '%8s %8s %8s' % (tuple("date price ret".split()))
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm just wondering if there is a more elegant way of doing it? I'm fine if you tell me that's it and no improvement can be made.</p>