python vs ecmascript

[Yong Lu]

David Bolen <db3l at fitlinxx.com> writes:

> 
> One other useful mention is that the "%s" formatter is Python string
> formatting operations will automatically apply str() to any non-string
> object that it is handed.  So another approach could be:
> 
>     print "integer i = %s" % i
>

A newbie question.  Where can I find documentation of this usage?
I've searched a bit in the Python manual, but the only section
on print doesn't mention this.

> and in this approach you have complete control over spacing and what
> not since it's all internal to the format string.  Note that
> technically the argument to % is a tuple, but for a single argument it
> works singly, so you don't have to bother writing (i,).
> 
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Regards,

Yong