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authorMartin Panter <vadmium+py@gmail.com>2016-06-18 08:20:22 +0000
committerMartin Panter <vadmium+py@gmail.com>2016-06-18 08:20:22 +0000
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Issue #24314: Merge doc links from 3.5
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@@ -1453,8 +1453,8 @@ multiple fragments.
For more information on the ``str`` class and its methods, see
:ref:`textseq` and the :ref:`string-methods` section below. To output
- formatted strings, see the :ref:`formatstrings` section. In addition,
- see the :ref:`stringservices` section.
+ formatted strings, see the :ref:`f-strings` and :ref:`formatstrings`
+ sections. In addition, see the :ref:`stringservices` section.
.. index::
@@ -2056,8 +2056,8 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module).
.. index::
single: formatting, string (%)
single: interpolation, string (%)
- single: string; formatting
- single: string; interpolation
+ single: string; formatting, printf
+ single: string; interpolation, printf
single: printf-style formatting
single: sprintf-style formatting
single: % formatting
@@ -2067,9 +2067,10 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module).
The formatting operations described here exhibit a variety of quirks that
lead to a number of common errors (such as failing to display tuples and
- dictionaries correctly). Using the newer :meth:`str.format` interface
- helps avoid these errors, and also provides a generally more powerful,
- flexible and extensible approach to formatting text.
+ dictionaries correctly). Using the newer :ref:`formatted
+ string literals <f-strings>` or the :meth:`str.format` interface
+ helps avoid these errors. These alternatives also provide more powerful,
+ flexible and extensible approaches to formatting text.
String objects have one unique built-in operation: the ``%`` operator (modulo).
This is also known as the string *formatting* or *interpolation* operator.