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Question

Going through string formatting operations but can\'t exactly wrap my head about %c operation and its use.

Learn Python the Hard Way, gave the following example but

Answer 1

The %c is a format character gives the character representation. For example consider the following statements

>>> print "%c" % 'a'
a
>>> print ("%c" % 97)
a
>>> print "%c" %'"'
"
>>> print "%c" %34
"
>>> print "%c" %'asdf'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "", line 1, in 
TypeError: %c requires int or char

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Breaking up

"%c" % 34 == '"' 

would be like

>>> "%c" % 34
"
>> '"' == '"'
True