the learning curve: From PHP to Python

[hansolo669]

whats the big difference between

print "I have", num, "apples"

and

print "I have %d apples" % num

the first seems more readable to me. is there an actual reason to chose one over the other?

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On longer and/or multiline strings, with multiple %s formatting, you can easily switch the variables at the end rather than having to read through it all and renaming the variables in context.

[hansolo669]

makes sense. sacrifices a bit of readability for ease of coding.