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authorMiss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com>2022-09-21 13:12:12 (GMT)
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gh-81039: Add small example of f-string's "=}" to tutorial (gh-92291) (gh-96990)
(cherry picked from commit 4b81139aac3fa11779f6eedb6e621bde29e64b30) Co-authored-by: Stanley <46876382+slateny@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Stanley <46876382+slateny@users.noreply.github.com>
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@@ -133,7 +133,17 @@ applies :func:`repr`::
>>> print(f'My hovercraft is full of {animals!r}.')
My hovercraft is full of 'eels'.
-For a reference on these format specifications, see
+The ``=`` specifier can be used to expand an expression to the text of the
+expression, an equal sign, then the representation of the evaluated expression:
+
+ >>> bugs = 'roaches'
+ >>> count = 13
+ >>> area = 'living room'
+ >>> print(f'Debugging {bugs=} {count=} {area=}')
+ Debugging bugs='roaches' count=13 area='living room'
+
+See :ref:`self-documenting expressions <bpo-36817-whatsnew>` for more information
+on the ``=`` specifier. For a reference on these format specifications, see
the reference guide for the :ref:`formatspec`.
.. _tut-string-format: