On Jul 17, 1:10 am, Karthik Gurusamy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > The string format operator, %, provides a functionality similar to the > snprintf function in C. In C, the function does not know the type of > each of the argument and hence relies on the embedded %<char> > specifier to guide itself while retrieving args. > > In python, the language already provides ways to know the type of an > object. > > So in > > output = '%d foo %d bar" % (foo_count, bar_count), > why we need to use %d? I'm thinking some general common placeholder, > say %x (currently it's hex..) could be used. > > output = '%x foo %x bar" % (foo_count, bar_count). > Since % by definition is string formatting, the operator should be > able to infer how to convert each of the argument into strings. > > If the above is the case, we could've avoided all those exceptions > that happen when a %d is specified but say a string is passed. > > Thanks, > Karthik
'%s' might be what your after as a more 'general purpose' moifier. - Paddy. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
