Title: String Formatting
Slug: string_formatting
Summary: String Formatting
Date: 2016-05-01 12:00
Category: Python
Tags: Basics
Authors: Chris Albon



In [1]:

    
import sys



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'This is %d %s bird!' % (1, 'dead')









    Out[2]:





'This is 1 dead bird!'



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'%(number)d more %(food)s' % {'number' : 1, 'food' : 'burger'}









    Out[3]:





'1 more burger'



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'My {1[kind]} runs {0.platform}'.format(sys, {'kind': 'laptop'})









    Out[4]:





'My laptop runs darwin'

String Formatting Codes