print & string formatting

[Sharan Basappa]

On Sunday, 22 July 2018 10:24:55 UTC+5:30, Cameron Simpson  wrote:
> On 21Jul2018 21:33, Sharan Basappa <sharan.basappa at gmail.com> wrote:
> >I get a lot confused while using print functions in Python.
> >
> >For example, I get the same results for the following code:
> >
> >str = "one two three"
> 
> Pleasetry not to name variables after builtin classes ("str" is the name of 
> Python's string class).
> 
> >print str
> >print "%s" %(str)
> >
> >So, what is the need to use the second method which I see being used in many 
> >programs I am referring to
> 
> For a bare "%s", one would normally just write str(s) where "s" is your string 
> variable.
> 
> The % formatting is usually for (a) more complex messages or (b) separating the 
> message format from the values. Example:
> 
>   print("The time is %s and the place is %s." % (when, where))
> 
> Instead of the much harder to read and maintain:
> 
>   print("The time is", str(when), "and the place is", str(where), ".")
> 
> Cheers,
> Cameron Simpson <cs at cskk.id.au>

Thanks. I thin I understand.