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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst index 1b344e6..22bad74 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst @@ -143,12 +143,14 @@ the position of the object passed into the format method. :: If keyword arguments are used in the format method, their values are referred to by using the name of the argument. :: - >>> print 'This {food} is {adjective}.'.format(food='spam', adjective='absolutely horrible') + >>> print 'This {food} is {adjective}.'.format( + ... food='spam', adjective='absolutely horrible') This spam is absolutely horrible. Positional and keyword arguments can be arbitrarily combined:: - >>> print 'The story of {0}, {1}, and {other}.'.format('Bill', 'Manfred', other='Georg') + >>> print 'The story of {0}, {1}, and {other}.'.format('Bill', 'Manfred', + ... other='Georg') The story of Bill, Manfred, and Georg. An optional ``':``` and format specifier can follow the field name. This also @@ -176,7 +178,8 @@ instead of by position. This can be done by simply passing the dict and using square brackets ``'[]'`` to access the keys :: >>> table = {'Sjoerd': 4127, 'Jack': 4098, 'Dcab': 8637678} - >>> print 'Jack: {0[Jack]:d}; Sjoerd: {0[Sjoerd]:d}; Dcab: {0[Dcab]:d}'.format(table) + >>> print ('Jack: {0[Jack]:d}; Sjoerd: {0[Sjoerd]:d}; ' + ... 'Dcab: {0[Dcab]:d}'.format(table)) Jack: 4098; Sjoerd: 4127; Dcab: 8637678 This could also be done by passing the table as keyword arguments with the '**' |