String Formatting with new .format()
Michael Torrie
torriem at gmail.com
Tue Mar 27 11:22:52 EDT 2018
On 03/26/2018 09:37 AM, Ganesh Pal wrote:
> Hi Team,
>
> Just a quick suggestion, on string formatting with .format() which of the
> below is better , given both give the same result .
No they don't. Look more closely at the output.
>>>> attempts = 1
>>>> msg2 = "Hello"
>>>> print "Retry attempt:{0} for error:{1}".format(attempts,msg2)
> Retry attempt:1 for error:Hello
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> OR
>
>>>> attempts = 1
>>>> msg2 = "Hello"
>>>> print "Retry attempt:{0} for error:{0}".format(attempts,msg2)
> Retry attempt:1 for error:1
^^^^^^^^^^
The second example places the same argument 0 in two places in your
string. This is not what you want, I don't think.
> PS : This is the silly question but I wanted to know if it really makes any
> difference
What makes any difference?
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