what does %u mean?

[scruffy.mogwai at gmail.com]

I'm not sure, but I think it has something to do with unicode.
print "%i" % 1  // Prints the integer 1 as a string.
print "%u" % (-5)  // Prints -5 as a unicode string???

yaru22 wrote:
> Hi. I just started learning python.
>
> In the exercise in my book, it asks me to try print "%u" % (-5)
>
> I'm wondering what this %u mean?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Brian.