Re: What meaning of this ""hello %s you are %s years old" % x"

2014-07-28 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote: >> 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

Re: What meaning of this ""hello %s you are %s years old" % x"

2014-07-28 Thread Albert-Jan Roskam
  > 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

Re: What meaning of this ""hello %s you are %s years old" % x"

2014-07-27 Thread Dan Stromberg
On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 11:49 AM, fl wrote: > In Python, when should you use lists and when tuples? > > Sometimes you don't have a choice, for example if you have > > "hello %s you are %s years old" % x > then x must be a tuple. > > But if I am the one who designs the API and gets to choose the da

Re: What meaning of this ""hello %s you are %s years old" % x"

2014-07-27 Thread Gary Herron
On 07/27/2014 11:49 AM, fl wrote: Hi, I get a post on tuple, see below please, on line. It seems that something is missing. I want to learn tuple from this example as well. Could you explain it to me (a tuple % another tuple)? Thanks, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1708510/python-li

What meaning of this ""hello %s you are %s years old" % x"

2014-07-27 Thread fl
Hi, I get a post on tuple, see below please, on line. It seems that something is missing. I want to learn tuple from this example as well. Could you explain it to me (a tuple % another tuple)? Thanks, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1708510/python-list-vs-tuple-when-to-use-each In Py