tom wrote: > John Machin wrote: > > Not quite so many folks come to Python with a background in C these > > days. Is anyone aware of a tutorial that covers % formatting from a > > standing start? > If you're on a unix system you can probably do `man fprintf`, but it > will mean wading through a lot of stuff you're no interested in. This > has a good little section on it though, specifically for python > > http://rgruet.free.fr/PQR24/PQR2.4.html >
Well done, tom, you've redeemed yourself! Those formatting examples are just the ticket. I used that quick reference years ago when I started out with Python, but I wasn't aware that it was still maintained, and an advertisement for CSS as well. Bonus! Cheers, John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
