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diff --git a/Doc/tut/tut.tex b/Doc/tut/tut.tex index f975436..2d758ae 100644 --- a/Doc/tut/tut.tex +++ b/Doc/tut/tut.tex @@ -2367,16 +2367,16 @@ Sjoerd ==> 4127 Most formats work exactly as in \C{} and require that you pass the proper type; however, if you don't you get an exception, not a core dump. -The \verb\%s\ format is more relaxed: if the corresponding argument is +The \code{\%s} format is more relaxed: if the corresponding argument is not a string object, it is converted to string using the \function{str()} built-in function. Using \code{*} to pass the width or precision in as a separate (integer) argument is supported. The -\C{} formats \verb\%n\ and \verb\%p\ are not supported. +\C{} formats \code{\%n} and \code{\%p} are not supported. If you have a really long format string that you don't want to split up, it would be nice if you could reference the variables to be formatted by name instead of by position. This can be done by using -an extension of \C{} formats using the form \verb\%(name)format\, e.g. +an extension of \C{} formats using the form \code{\%(name)format}, e.g. \begin{verbatim} >>> table = {'Sjoerd': 4127, 'Jack': 4098, 'Dcab': 8637678} |