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| author | Erlend E. Aasland <erlend@python.org> | 2024-06-07 13:37:18 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2024-06-07 13:37:18 (GMT) |
| commit | 225aab7f70d804174cc3a75bc04a5bb1545e5adb (patch) | |
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gh-110383: Improve 'old string formatting' text in tutorial (#120219)
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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst index 857068a..b93a0e8 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst @@ -279,9 +279,11 @@ left with zeros. It understands about plus and minus signs:: Old string formatting --------------------- -The % operator (modulo) can also be used for string formatting. Given ``'string' -% values``, instances of ``%`` in ``string`` are replaced with zero or more -elements of ``values``. This operation is commonly known as string +The % operator (modulo) can also be used for string formatting. +Given ``format % values`` (where *format* is a string), +``%`` conversion specifications in *format* are replaced with +zero or more elements of *values*. +This operation is commonly known as string interpolation. For example:: >>> import math |