On 6/5/2017 1:01 PM, Peter Pearson wrote:
On Fri, 2 Jun 2017 10:17:05 -0700 (PDT), sean.diza...@gmail.com wrote:
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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)
More compact:
>>> f'foo {1-2}'
'foo -1'
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