On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 12:22 PM, <d...@safeport.com> wrote: > I am new to python, working by way through 'Core Python Programming'. I can > find no description of using print with the built-in type for formatting. I > think I have got some [most?] of it from Chun, google, and python.org. My > comment is - it should not be that hard to find. I would suggest a link from > the print syntax section. > > What is seems to be is: > > print "format-spec" % (variable-list) > > I assume the '%' is required token. >
The % has absolutely nothing to do with the print statement. The (old) formatting syntax is based on the C printf syntax but it's actually the modulo operator on a string, not a piece of the print statement. The documentation for it is in the documentation for strings. > > > _____ > Douglas Denault > http://www.safeport.com > d...@safeport.com > Voice: 301-217-9220 > Fax: 301-217-9277 > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
