Jython String formatting

String formatting

String formatting can be very useful. it is very close to the C function sprintf() :
Examples :
"My tailor is %s..." % "rich" returns "My tailor is rich..."
"Tea %d %d %s" % (4, 2, "etc.") returns "Tea 4 2 etc."
"%(itemNumber)d %(itemColor)s" % {"itemNumber":123, "itemColor":"blue"} returns "123 blue"

% codes to format strings:

Code	Description
%s	String or any object
%r	Equivalent to %s but uses repr()
%c	Character
%d	Decimal integer
%i	Integer
%u	Unsigned integer
%o	Octal integer
%x, %X	Hexadecimal integer
%e, %E	Float exponent
%f, %F	Float
%g, %G	%e or %f float
%%	'%' literal