Formatters

Question 1

%r

Answer 1

Used for debugging, it displays the “raw” data of the variable

Ex:
print “Man, this guy has %r watermelons! That’s a %r of watermelons.” % (23, lot)

Man, this guy has ‘23’ watermelons! That’s a ‘lot’ of watermelons.

Question 2

%s

Answer 2

Used for displaying strings

Ex:
print “Hello, %s!” % World

Hello, World!

Question 3

%d

Answer 3

Used for displaying numbers

Ex:
print “Hello, I am %d years old.” % 23

Hello, I am 23 years old.