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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2016-02-22 13:52:55 (GMT)
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@@ -152,11 +152,11 @@ Positional and keyword arguments can be arbitrarily combined::
``'!a'`` (apply :func:`ascii`), ``'!s'`` (apply :func:`str`) and ``'!r'``
(apply :func:`repr`) can be used to convert the value before it is formatted::
- >>> import math
- >>> print('The value of PI is approximately {}.'.format(math.pi))
- The value of PI is approximately 3.14159265359.
- >>> print('The value of PI is approximately {!r}.'.format(math.pi))
- The value of PI is approximately 3.141592653589793.
+ >>> contents = 'eels'
+ >>> print('My hovercraft is full of {}.'.format(contents))
+ My hovercraft is full of eels.
+ >>> print('My hovercraft is full of {!r}.'.format(contents))
+ My hovercraft is full of 'eels'.
An optional ``':'`` and format specifier can follow the field name. This allows
greater control over how the value is formatted. The following example