On Sunday, 22 July 2018 10:24:55 UTC+5:30, Cameron Simpson wrote: > 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>
Thanks. I thin I understand. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list