[Tutor] Beginners question

[Alan Gauld]

On 04/04/2020 00:19, boB Stepp wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 6:35 AM Alan Gauld via Tutor <tutor at python.org> wrote:
> 
>> Perhaps the worst example in Python is string formatting.
>> We now have at least 4 different ways of formatting strings.
>> That's at least 2 too many...
> 
> Out of curiosity, which one(s) do you prefer to use and what shapes
> your preference(s)?
> 
I like C printf style for conciseness and the new format
strings(f"...") look promising although I haven't used them yet.

The format() method is too cumbersome for my taste although it does
offer some extra features over printf. (Although I suspect they
could be incorporated into printf with a bit of thought)

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