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@ -148,9 +148,9 @@ Positional and keyword arguments can be arbitrarily combined::
... other='Georg')
The story of Bill, Manfred, and Georg.
An optional ``':'`` and format specifier can follow the field name. This also
An optional ``':'`` and format specifier can follow the field name. This allows
greater control over how the value is formatted. The following example
truncates the Pi to three places after the decimal.
truncates Pi to three places after the decimal.
>>> import math
>>> print 'The value of PI is approximately {0:.3f}.'.format(math.pi)
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The value of PI is approximately 3.142.
Since :meth:`str.format` is quite new, a lot of Python code still uses the ``%``
operator. However, because this old style of formatting will eventually removed
from the language :meth:`str.format` should generally be used.
operator. However, because this old style of formatting will eventually be
removed from the language, :meth:`str.format` should generally be used.
More information can be found in the :ref:`string-formatting` section.