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From: John Gordon <gordon@panix.com>
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Subject: Re: how does the % work?
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:14:42 +0000 (UTC)
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In <mailman.3612.1363971987.2939.python-list@python.org> leonardo selmi <l.selmi@icloud.com> writes:

> hi guys

> i wrote this example :

> name = raw_input("What is your name?")
> quest = raw_input("What is your quest?")
> color = raw_input("What is your favorite color?")

> print """Ah, so your name is %s, your quest is %s, 
> and your favorite color is %s."""  % (name, quest, color)

> but i get this error:  Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/Users/leonardo/print.py", line 5, in <module>
>     favourite color is %s.''') % (name, quest, color)
> TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for %: 'NoneType' and 'tuple'

> how can i solve it?

Are you sure you've given us the exact code?  The printed text doesn't
exactly match.  ("favorite" vs. "favourite", three double-quotes vs
three single-quotes, etc.)

The error message also says that the print statement has a
close-parenthesis after the string and before the arguments, which may be
real problem.

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