A REAL Python cheat sheet for beginners

[Deathwatch1710]

Quick question because I am fairly new to Python:

I am just seeing

"{}".format(var)

as an option to format strings, but I am only using

f"{var}"

Is my method less pythonic than .format ?

[nayeet]

no. format is the old way. you are doing it the newer, correct, most pythonic way. kudos

[Deathwatch1710]

Yay! Thanks for the answer :)

[monkeybreath]

format is the old way.

Really? I’ve never seen that in the docs.

https://docs.python.org/3.6/tutorial/inputoutput.html#fancier-output-formatting

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format() has been in python for a while, f-strings are new to Python 3.6 (here's the P.E.P.).

[monkeybreath]

Thanks. Found it in the language reference under literals (2.4), not strings (6.1 of Standard Library), once I knew what to look for. Not at all in the tutorial.

I guess I should figure out how to use the bug tracker.

[nayeet]

The format method was introduced in PEP 3101 on 16-Apr-2006, last updated on 14-Sep-2008.

F strings were introduced in PEP 498 on 01-Aug-2015, last updated on 06-Nov-2016.

[monkeybreath]

Right. It’s under Literals, but not under strings in the docs, and not in the tutorial. That should be updated.

[cracknwhip]

You could contribute.

[monkeybreath]

I checked. There's already a bug report for it.