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Doc: printf-style library/stdtype improvements
adorilson Oct 13, 2019
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[Doc]Fix example output in library/stdtypes
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Doc: some adjustments in printf-style library/stdtype
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Revert "[Doc]Fix example output in library/stdtypes"
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[Doc] Add simpler example to % operator in stdtypes
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[Doc] Add doctest directive to an example in stdtypes
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Expand Up @@ -2339,7 +2339,13 @@ String objects have one unique built-in operation: the ``%`` operator (modulo).
This is also known as the string *formatting* or *interpolation* operator.
Given ``format % values`` (where *format* is a string), ``%`` conversion
specifications in *format* are replaced with zero or more elements of *values*.
The effect is similar to using the :c:func:`sprintf` in the C language.
The effect is similar to using the :c:func:`sprintf` function in the C language.
For example:

.. doctest::

>>> print('%s has %d quote types.' % ('Python', 2))
Python has 2 quote types.

If *format* requires a single argument, *values* may be a single non-tuple
object. [5]_ Otherwise, *values* must be a tuple with exactly the number of
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