String formatting with `%` operator#

Example of % operator use:

In [2]: "interface FastEthernet0/%s" % '1'
Out[2]: 'interface FastEthernet0/1'

Old string format syntax uses these symbols:

%s - string or any other object with a string type
%d - integer
%f - float

Output data columns of equal width of 15 characters with right side alignment:

In [3]: vlan, mac, intf = ['100', 'aabb.cc80.7000', 'Gi0/1']

In [4]: print("%15s %15s %15s" % (vlan, mac, intf))
            100  aabb.cc80.7000           Gi0/1

Left side alignment:

In [6]: print("%-15s %-15s %-15s" % (vlan, mac, intf))
100             aabb.cc80.7000  Gi0/1

You can also use string formatting to influence the appearance of numbers.

For example, you can specify how many digits to show after comma:

In [8]: print("%.3f" % (10.0/3))
3.333

Note

String formatting still has many possibilities. Good examples and explanations of two string formatting options can be found here.

String formatting with % operator#

String formatting with `%` operator#