String Formatting Operator
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Here is a table of the common string formatting operators in Python:
String Formatting Operator
Operator Description
%s String
%d Integer
%f Floating point
%e Exponential notation
%x or %X Hexadecimal
%o Octal
%c Character
%r Repr (printable representation)
%i Integer (same as %d)
%u Unsigned integer (deprecated in Python 3)
%g or %G Floating point or exponential, depending on value
%a or %A Hexadecimal floating point
%% Literal % character
To use these operators, you can include them in a string along with placeholders and pass values as a tuple or dictionary to replace the placeholders with values. For example:
name = "John"
age = 25
height = 1.75
formatted_str = "My name is %s, I am %d years old, and my height is %.2f meters" % (name, age, height)
print(formatted_str)
Output:
My name is John, I am 25 years old, and my height is 1.75 meters
In the above example, %s is used as a placeholder for a string value (name), %d is used as a placeholder for an integer value (age), and %.2f is used as a placeholder for a floating point value with 2 decimal places (height). The % operator is followed by a tuple of values that are inserted into the placeholders.
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