Scribd
Upload
204 views3 pages

Print Formatting in Python

This document discusses various methods for formatting print statements in Python. It covers using modulo formatting (%s, %f) to insert strings and floating point numbers into a print statement. It also covers using the string format() method to format variables into a string, which is recommended over modulo formatting. Multiple variables can be formatted into a single print statement using tuples or by specifying each variable in the format() method. The goal is to demonstrate how to construct print statements that dynamically insert variable data.

Uploaded by

Jai Krishna
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
Download as pdf or txt
204 views3 pages

Print Formatting in Python

This document discusses various methods for formatting print statements in Python. It covers using modulo formatting (%s, %f) to insert strings and floating point numbers into a print statement. It also covers using the string format() method to format variables into a string, which is recommended over modulo formatting. Multiple variables can be formatted into a single print statement using tuples or by specifying each variable in the format() method. The goal is to demonstrate how to construct print statements that dynamically insert variable data.

Uploaded by

Jai Krishna
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
Download as pdf or txt
Download as pdf or txt
You are on page 1/ 3

Complete-Python-Bootcamp (/github/jmportilla/Complete-Python-Bootcamp/tree/master)

/
Print Formatting.ipynb (/github/jmportilla/Complete-Python-Bootcamp/tree/master/Print Formatting.ipynb)

Print Formatting
In this lecture we will briefly cover the various ways to format your print statements. As you code more and
more, you will probably want to have print statements that can take in a variable into a printed string
statement.

The most basic example of a print statement is:

In [17]:

print 'This is a string'

This is a string

Strings
You can use the %s to format strings into your print statements.

In [4]:

s = 'STRING'
print 'Place another string with a mod and s: %s' %(s)

Place another string with a mod and s: STRING

Floating Point Numbers


Floating point numbers use the format %n1.n2f where the n1 is the total minimum number of digits the
string should contain (these may be filled with whitespace if the entire number does not have this many
digits. The n2 placeholder stands for how many numbers to show past the decimal point. Lets see some
examples:

In [12]:

print 'Floating point numbers: %1.2f' %(13.144)

Floating point numbers: 13.14

In [13]:

print 'Floating point numbers: %1.0f' %(13.144)

Floating point numbers: 13


In [14]:

print 'Floating point numbers: %1.5f' %(13.144)

Floating point numbers: 13.14400

In [15]:

print 'Floating point numbers: %10.2f' %(13.144)

Floating point numbers: 13.14

In [19]:

print 'Floating point numbers: %25.2f' %(13.144)

Floating point numbers: 13.14

Conversion Format methods.


It should be noted that two methods %s and %r actually convert any python object to a string using two
separate methods: str() and repr(). We will learn more about these functions later on in the course, but you
should note you can actually pass almost any Python object with these two methods and it will work:

In [23]:

print 'Here is a number: %s. Here is a string: %s' %(123.1,'hi')

Here is a number: 123.1. Here is a string: hi

In [24]:

print 'Here is a number: %r. Here is a string: %r' %(123.1,'hi')

Here is a number: 123.1. Here is a string: 'hi'

Multiple Formatting
Pass a tuple to the modulo symbol to place multiple formats in your print statements:

In [22]:

print 'First: %s, Second: %1.2f, Third: %r' %('hi!',3.14,22)

First: hi!, Second: 3.14, Third: 22

Using the string .format() method


The best way to format objects into your strings for print statements is using the format method. The syntax
is:

'String here {var1} then also {var2}'.format(var1='something1',var2='something


2')
Lets see some examples:

In [27]:

print 'This is a string with an {p}'.format(p='insert')

This is a string with an insert

In [28]:

# Multiple times:
print 'One: {p}, Two: {p}, Three: {p}'.format(p='Hi!')

One: Hi!, Two: Hi!, Three: Hi!

In [29]:

# Several Objects:
print 'Object 1: {a}, Object 2: {b}, Object 3: {c}'.format(a=1,b='two',c=12.3)

Object 1: 1, Object 2: two, Object 3: 12.3

That is the basics of string formatting! Remember that Python 3 uses a print() function, not the print
statement!

You might also like