<snip> > That's not tuple%tuple, but rather string%tuple. And string%tuple is > the older method of formatting an output string from a template and a > tuple of values. See > https://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#string-formatting for > details. > > However, if you are just learning Python, you should probably use the > *newer* formatting operations. See > https://docs.python.org/3.3/library/string.html#formatspec for details > of that.
Do you know what was the reason/consideration to switch to a new formatting operation? Ability to have custom formatters with an own __format__ method? Regards, Albert-Jan -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
