On 21Jul2018 21:33, Sharan Basappa <sharan.basa...@gmail.com> wrote:
I get a lot confused while using print functions in Python.
For example, I get the same results for the following code:
str = "one two three"
Pleasetry not to name variables after builtin classes ("str" is the name of
Python's string class).
print str
print "%s" %(str)
So, what is the need to use the second method which I see being used in many
programs I am referring to
For a bare "%s", one would normally just write str(s) where "s" is your string
variable.
The % formatting is usually for (a) more complex messages or (b) separating the
message format from the values. Example:
print("The time is %s and the place is %s." % (when, where))
Instead of the much harder to read and maintain:
print("The time is", str(when), "and the place is", str(where), ".")
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <c...@cskk.id.au>
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