For reference: Python 3 documentation for the newer format() formatting style and the older % -based formatting style.

This PEP does not propose to remove or deprecate any of the existing string formatting mechanisms. Formatted strings were introduced to address some of the shortcomings other methods for formatting …

73 x = [1, 10, 100] for i in x: print '%02d' % i results in: 01 10 100 Read more information about string formatting using % in the documentation.

Aug 16, 2018 · How can I use f-string with logic to format an int as a float? I would like if ppl is True to format num to 2 decimal places, and if ppl is False to rformat it as whatever it is. Something like st...

Is there an easy way with Python f-strings to fix the number of digits after the decimal point? (Specifically f-strings, not other string formatting options like .format or %) For example, let's s...

Nov 13, 2018 · The f'{num:.5E}' will always return the number in the normalized scientific notation, meaning that the absolute value of m (=significand) in the returned number [m]E[n] is always …

Unlike f -strings, the {...} placeholders are not expressions and you can't use arbitrary Python expressions in the template. This is a good thing, you wouldn't want end-users to be able to execute …

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Jan 25, 2019 · 106 This question already has answers here: How to use modern string formatting options with Python's logging module? (3 answers)

Mar 15, 2011 · Beg your pardon, @RuggeroTurra? This is formatting, in the broad sense that it transforms an input to display as a string. Please note the OP never required the use of .format(), …