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On 23/08/2014 20:07, Seymore4Head wrote:
>
> Funny, I though using the web would be better than a book.  I don't
> think so anymore.  Using the web, it is hard to find square one
> tutorial text.
>

Try typing something like "python string formatting tutorial" into your 
favourite search engine and you'll find things like 
https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/inputoutput.html or 
http://www.python-course.eu/python3_formatted_output.php

For a generalised list try this 
https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence