https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9cdf69607593e05ca425c94a0d21efe668ac3875 commit: 9cdf69607593e05ca425c94a0d21efe668ac3875 branch: 3.12 author: Miss Islington (bot) <[email protected]> committer: erlend-aasland <[email protected]> date: 2024-06-07T13:43:59Z summary:
[3.12] gh-110383: Improve 'old string formatting' text in tutorial (GH-120219) (#120230) (cherry picked from commit 225aab7f70d804174cc3a75bc04a5bb1545e5adb) Co-authored-by: Erlend E. Aasland <[email protected]> files: M Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst index 857068a51ab843..b93a0e8cec2d38 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst @@ -279,9 +279,11 @@ left with zeros. It understands about plus and minus signs:: Old string formatting --------------------- -The % operator (modulo) can also be used for string formatting. Given ``'string' -% values``, instances of ``%`` in ``string`` are replaced with zero or more -elements of ``values``. This operation is commonly known as string +The % operator (modulo) can also be used for string formatting. +Given ``format % values`` (where *format* is a string), +``%`` conversion specifications in *format* are replaced with +zero or more elements of *values*. +This operation is commonly known as string interpolation. For example:: >>> import math _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-checkins.python.org/ Member address: [email protected]
