Lisi wrote:
In the following excerpt from a program in the book I am following:
print "If I add %d, %d, and %d I get %d." % (
my_age, my_height, my_weight, my_age + my_height + my_weight)
is
% (
my_age, my_height, my_weight, my_age + my_height + my_weight)
the/a format string?
No. The format string is a string with the % codes. In this case, they
are all %d codes:
"If I add %d, %d, and %d I get %d."
but there are other codes possible.
The % symbol on its own is an operator, like + or * or /
The part inside the brackets () is a tuple of values to insert into the
format string. Putting the three together:
target = "Hello %s."
value = "Lisi"
print target % value
=> prints "Hello Lisi."
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Steven
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