Chris Rebert wrote: > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:19 PM, Paulo Repreza <pxrepr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm a newbie with python and I recently bought Beginning with Python (Which >> is a book I recommend) but the problem that I'm facing it's the following: >> >> This is the code: >> >> #!/usr/bin/python2.5 >> # Filename: str_format.py >> >> age = 25 >> name = 'foobar' >> >> print('{0} is {1} years old'.format(name, age)) >> print('Why is {0} playing with that python?'.format(name)) >> >> >> But when I run the script I receive this error: >> >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "str_format.py", line 7, in <module> >> print('{0} is {1} years old'.format(name, age)) >> AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'format' >> >> >> It is an error because of the version that I'm using ? Python 2.5.2 (Debian >> lenny) > > Yes, Python 2.6 or higher is required to use .format() according to > http://docs.python.org/whatsnew/2.6.html > For a replacement that will work in 2.5, see the "%" sign as an operator (sometimes called "string interpolation").
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