"Richard D. Moores" <rdmoo...@gmail.com> wrote
The formatting operations described here are obsolete and may go
away
in future versions of Python. Use the new String Formatting in new
code.
I hope that use of '*' does disappear. It's the most confusing thing
I've recently tried to get my mind around!
But knowing C's printf style formatting is almost a necessary skill
for a programmer because they are used in lots of lamguages
not just Python. So you would only need to learn them later is all!
:-)
Note: This is one reason I decided to stick with the % format strings
in my v3 tutor - I'nm aiming to teach generic skills and % formatting
is much more generic than the new Python style formatting. (And
much less verbose!)
Before that, maybe, was the Trinity..
Nah, that still wins - a divine mystery :-)
--
Alan Gauld
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/
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