On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Richard D. Moores <rdmoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 06:47, David Hutto <smokefl...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> which works fine, but a question remains: n is an integer. Why the 's' >>> in '%sf'? >> >> Right here: >> http://docs.python.org/release/2.5.2/lib/typesseq-strings.html > > Sorry, but I don't see the answer to my question there.
Usually the docs explain it better than I do, which is why I prefer references. But short answer is, if you'll look in the chart on the page given above, it states : %s String (converts any python object using str()). So each % tells the string what to expect while interlacing that which is given at the end. of the string after the final % > > Dick > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
