[Tutor] Trying to write a string formatting demo

I'm trying to write a string formatting demo, just for things like %.4f, %.3e, and %.3g. Here's what I have, but of course it doesn't work. What should the print statement be? x = raw_input("enter a float: ") if x == "": print "x will be the default 1234.56789"

Re: [Tutor] Trying to write a string formatting demo

Dick Moores said unto the world upon 2005-04-10 03:38: I'm trying to write a string formatting demo, just for things like %.4f, %.3e, and %.3g. Here's what I have, but of course it doesn't work. What should the print statement be? x = raw_input("enter a float: ") if x

Re: [Tutor] Trying to write a string formatting demo

Brian van den Broek said unto the world upon 2005-04-10 03:58: Dick Moores said unto the world upon 2005-04-10 03:38: I'm trying to write a string formatting demo, just for things like %.4f, %.3e, and %.3g. Here's what I have, but of course it doesn't work. What should the print statement be?

Re: [Tutor] Trying to write a string formatting demo

Brian van den Broek wrote at 01:09 4/10/2005: Hi Dick, why not replace th last line with the following 2: print_value = ('%' + s ) %x print "%f formatted with '%s' is %s" %(x, s, print_value) HTH, Brian vdB Sorry, half asleep: I should also have said that I don't think it is wise to call your user