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authorRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2013-05-23 07:14:47 (GMT)
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Issue #18031: %-formatting isn't dead yet and might pull through.
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@@ -213,10 +213,6 @@ operation. For example::
>>> print('The value of PI is approximately %5.3f.' % math.pi)
The value of PI is approximately 3.142.
-Since :meth:`str.format` is quite new, a lot of Python code still uses the ``%``
-operator. However, because this old style of formatting will eventually be
-removed from the language, :meth:`str.format` should generally be used.
-
More information can be found in the :ref:`old-string-formatting` section.