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Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 03:18:17 -0400
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Hi,

Which is the preferred way of string formatting?

(1) "the %s is %s" % ('sky', 'blue')

(2) "the {0} is {1}".format('sky', 'blue')

(3) "the {} is {}".format('sky', 'blue')

As I know (1) is old style. (2) and (3) are new but (3) is only
supported from Python 2.7+.

Which one should be used?

Laszlo