String Formatting

In Python, a string-formatting expression has the syntax:

               format % values

where format is a plain or Unicode string containing format specifiers and values is any single object or a collection of objects in a tuple or dictionary. Python’s string-formatting operator has roughly the same set of features as the C language’s printf and operates in a similar way. Each format specifier is a substring of format that starts with a percent sign (%) and ends with one of the conversion characters shown in Table 9-1.

Table 9-1. String-formatting conversion characters

Character

Output format

Notes

d, i

Signed decimal integer

Value must be number

u

Unsigned decimal integer

Value must be number

o

Unsigned octal integer

Value must be number

x

Unsigned hexadecimal integer (lowercase letters)

Value must be number

X

Unsigned hexadecimal integer (uppercase letters)

Value must be number

e

Floating-point value in exponential form (lowercase e for exponent)

Value must be number

E

Floating-point value in exponential form (uppercase E for exponent)

Value must be number

f, F

Floating-point value in decimal form

Value must be number

g, G

Like e or E when exp is greater than 4 or less than the precision; otherwise like f or F

exp is the exponent of the number being converted

c

Single character

Value can be integer or single-character string

r

String

Converts any value with repr

s

String

Converts any value with str

%

Literal % character

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