On Jul 17, 2:19 am, Paddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
It is good for that; I generally use %s until I decide that something needs picky formatting. -- a = '%s Weaver' % random.choice(['Lani','Star','Azure']) a += 'is strange.' -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
