Thanks, Noah and Steven. :-) On Sunday 26 June 2011 12:24:12 Steven D'Aprano wrote: > 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."
At least I had managed to pick up correctly that the format string needed a % symbol! So, if I have now understood correctly, a format string is a string containing at least one variable, and the variable(s) is/are preceded by the % symbol. Yes??? Lisi _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
