> > >>> for x in ['string', 10, True, [1,2,3] ]: > > ... print '%s' %x > > ... > > string > > 10 > > True > > [1, 2, 3] > > That's cool! I didn't know that. I guess I'm crazy... : ) > (We already knew that here.)
The difference is in how the formatting details work. For numbers the formatting digits indicate precision and for strings length. >>> print "%5.3f" % 123.456 123.4560 >>> print "%5.3s" % 123.456 123. produce very different results. Alan G. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
