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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst index 5314fedb6d..02bb28b11d 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 |