% is a string formatting operator in Python. Refer to the following example:
#!/usr/bin/python3
print ("Hello this is %s and my age is %d !" % ('John', 25))
Output:
Hello this is John and my age is 25 !
The following table shows a list of symbols used along with %:
|
S.No. |
Format symbol and conversion |
|
1 |
%c – character |
|
2 |
%s – string conversion via str() prior to formatting |
|
3 |
%i – signed decimal integer |
|
4 |
%d – signed decimal integer |
|
5 |
%u – unsigned decimal integer |
|
6 |
%o – octal integer |
|
7 |
%x – hexadecimal integer (lowercase letters) |
|
8 |
%X – hexadecimal integer (uppercase letters) |
|
9 |
%e – exponential notation (with lowercase e) |
|
10 |
%E – exponential notation (with uppercase E) |
|
11 |
%f – floating point real number |