On Fri, 2 Jun 2017 10:17:05 -0700 (PDT), sean.diza...@gmail.com wrote:
[snip]
>>>> print "foo %s" % 1-2
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for -: 'str' and 'int'

Others have already pointed out that you're assuming the
wrong precedence:

Say
    "foo %s" % (1-2)
not
    ("foo %s" % 1) - 2
.

Personally I prefer a less compact but more explicit alternative:

    "foo {}".format(1-2)

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