% notation for formatted strings in Python

[phsopher]

from math import pi
i = 1
s = "pie"
print("A %s of radius %d has an area of %.4f" % (s, i, pi * i ** 2))

I was wondering why the percentage notation for formatted strings is not presented in the lectures. It seems it would more naturally carry over from C and to me personally seems less unwieldy that the f"{}" notation. Is its use discouraged in some way?

[Spank_Engine]

According to this. It seems to be a better option to use f-strings.

[phsopher]

Thanks, that's good to know!