I believe it's % string interpolation where % formats strings
I'm reading Practical Programming and I'm stuck on page 35, question 6. b)
where:
"___" % 34.5 => "3.45e+01"
On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info>wrote:
> On 09/06/13 01:58, Michael Sparks wrote:
>
>> You can explain it yourself or just drop me a link (or both).
>> Right now I'm learning Python 2.x but I plan on learning Python 3.x as
>> well.
>>
>
>
> Formatted printing? First you format something, then you print it.
>
> Other than that, you will need to explain your question in more detail. I
> can't read your mind, so I don't know if you're having trouble
> understanding "formatting" (which formatting? there are at least four
> things which might be described as "formatting") or "printing" (which
> printing? there are at least three things which might be described as
> "printing").
>
> So please don't assume that just because a question is clear and obvious
> in your mind, it is necessarily clear and obvious to everyone else.
>
>
> And for the record:
>
> 1) format() built-in function;
> 2) str.format() method;
> 3) % string interpolation;
> 4) string templates;
>
> and
>
> 1) printing to an actual printer;
> 2) print statement;
> 3) the pprint ("pretty printing") module.
>
>
>
> --
> Steven
>
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