From f1d371bde9be7bf9dab21114b8137c66476a20ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Georg Brandl Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 14:52:55 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update example; str(float) changed so there is difference now. --- Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst index 5314fedb6df..02bb28b11de 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst @@ -152,11 +152,11 @@ Positional and keyword arguments can be arbitrarily combined:: ``'!a'`` (apply :func:`ascii`), ``'!s'`` (apply :func:`str`) and ``'!r'`` (apply :func:`repr`) can be used to convert the value before it is formatted:: - >>> import math - >>> print('The value of PI is approximately {}.'.format(math.pi)) - The value of PI is approximately 3.14159265359. - >>> print('The value of PI is approximately {!r}.'.format(math.pi)) - The value of PI is approximately 3.141592653589793. + >>> contents = 'eels' + >>> print('My hovercraft is full of {}.'.format(contents)) + My hovercraft is full of eels. + >>> print('My hovercraft is full of {!r}.'.format(contents)) + My hovercraft is full of 'eels'. An optional ``':'`` and format specifier can follow the field name. This allows greater control over how the value is formatted. The following example