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On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 09:34:37AM +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> Hi Larry,
> 
> > I can program in Python but I have a huge aversion to a programming
> > language that doesn't include printf in the base language.
> 
> Python has Perl's sprintf() but as the ???fmt % values??? operator rather
> than a function.  So it isn't just available for printing but general
> string formatting.
> 
>     >>> mol = '%04d' % (6 * 7)
>     >>> print('%08x  %-8s' % (826366246, mol))
>     31415926  0042    

I'm aware, I've used it.  It feels bolted on.  It's still weird.