On Dec 31 2011, 12:19 pm, davidfx <dgeorge2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, > I just have a quick question about .format and %r %s %d. > > Should we always be using .format() for formatting strings or %?
ALWAYS use the format method over the old and dumpy string interpolation. Why? Well because the format method is so much more powerful, elegant, and the way of the future. Some might argue that format is slower than interpolation (and i can't comment in favor of either) HOWEVER, if speed is your concern than interpolation is NOT the answer. > If I wanted to put .format into a variable, how would I do that. That question has been answered many times in this thread already. You may find the format spec to be cryptic at first. Well, most find regexes cryptic also -- but would anyone recommend NOT using regexes just because of crypti-ness? I think not. It's a non-starter. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
