[Python-Dev] transitioning from % to {} formatting (original) (raw)

Vinay Sajip vinay_sajip at yahoo.co.uk
Mon Oct 5 10:27:49 CEST 2009


Raymond Hettinger <python rcn.com> writes:

We should get one written. ISTM, every %-formatting string is directly translatable to an equivalent {}-formatting string.

I'm not sure you can always get equivalent output from the formatting, though. For example:

"%0#8x" % 0x1234 '0x001234' "{0:0>#8x}".format(0x1234) '000x1234'

Someone please tell me if there's a better {}-format string which I've missed!

Regards,

Vinay Sajip



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