FinishedTheBasics

LearnTheBasics/5_StringFormatting.py

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+#Let's say you have a variable called "name" with your user name in it, and you would then like to print(out a greeting to that user.)
+
+# This prints out "Hello, John!"
+name = "John"
+print("Hello, %s!" % name)
+
+# This prints out "John is 23 years old."
+name = "John"
+age = 23
+print("%s is %d years old." % (name, age))
+
+# This prints out: A list: [1, 2, 3]
+mylist = [1,2,3]
+print("A list: %s" % mylist)
+
+# Here are some basic argument specifiers you should know:
+    # %s - String (or any object with a string representation, like numbers)
+    # %d - Integers
+    # %f - Floating point numbers
+    # %.<number of digits>f - Floating point numbers with a fixed amount of digits to the right of the dot.
+    # %x/%X - Integers in hex representation (lowercase/uppercase)
+
+# Exercise
+# You will need to write a format string which prints out the data using the following syntax: Hello John Doe. Your current balance is $53.44.
+
+data = ("John", "Doe", 53.44)
+format_string = "Hello"
+
+print(format_string, "%s, %s, %f" % data)