Mastering Python Scripting for System Administrators

% string formatting operator

% is a string formatting operator in Python. Refer to the following example:

#!/usr/bin/python3print ("Hello this is %s and my age is %d !" % ('John', 25))Output:Hello this is John and my age is 25 !

The following table shows a list of symbols used along with %:

S.No.	Format symbol and conversion
1	%c – character
2	%s – string conversion via str() prior to formatting
3	%i – signed decimal integer
4	%d – signed decimal integer
5	%u – unsigned decimal integer
6	%o – octal integer
7	%x – hexadecimal integer (lowercase letters)
8	%X – hexadecimal integer (uppercase letters)
9	%e – exponential notation (with lowercase e)
10	%E – exponential notation ...