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Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 22:40:16 -0600
From: Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com>
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On 10/31/2013 08:56 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> On 01/11/2013 02:41, Michael Torrie wrote:
>> On 10/31/2013 07:45 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote:
>>> Quite often I type this
>>>
>>> print('Total of accounts %.2f', total)
>>>
>>> when I meant to type this
>>>
>>> print('Total of accounts %.2f' % total)
>>>
>>> Do I have to raise a PEP to get this stupid language changed so that it
>>> dynamically recognises what I want it to do and acts accordingly?
>>>
>>> Yours most frustratedly.
>>
>> This is one reason I've started using the new string formatting method
>> in all my new code.
>>
> 
> I'll admit to being a lazy, bone idle git and not wanting to change my 
> code as a former C programmer, but that strikes me as a cunning plan, 
> thanks.  Now where's my Windows desktop shortcut to the Python compiled 
> help file? :)

I only know enough to do the basic stuff that works for me 3/4 of the
time.

"{} {} {}".format(one, two, three)

Anything more than that I have to look up! Sometimes the ability to use
keywords and dictionaries in variable placement is kind of nice.