On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 08:01, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:48:13 am Richard D. Moores wrote:
> You're looking in the wrong place. This is not part of format strings, > as it doesn't use the str.format() method. It uses the % string > interpolation operator. > > http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/stdtypes.html#old-string-formatting-operations Yes. I now see the asterisk use in 4. But also: Note The formatting operations described here are obsolete and may go away in future versions of Python. Use the new String Formatting in new code. I hope that use of '*' does disappear. It's the most confusing thing I've recently tried to get my mind around! Before that, maybe, was the Trinity.. > You can get the same result with the format mini-language. See the > example "Nested arguments and more complex examples" just before the > section on Template Strings here: > > http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/string.html#format-specification-mini-language OK, I'll try to sink my teeth into this. I just found that Learning Python, 4th ed. has a discussion of all of this beginning at p.181 in the book, or p.233 in the PDF. Thanks, Steve. Dick _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
