Printing variables in Python 3.4

Question

The syntax has changed in that print is now a function. This means that the % formatting needs to be done inside the parenthesis:¹

print("%d. %s appears %d times." % (i, key, wordBank[key]))

However, since you are using Python 3.x., you should actually be using the newer str.format method:

print("{}. {} appears {} times.".format(i, key, wordBank[key]))

Though % formatting is not officially deprecated (yet), it is discouraged in favor of str.format and will most likely be removed from the language in a coming version (Python 4 maybe?).

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_{¹Just a minor note: %d is the format specifier for integers, not %s.}

Version 3.6+: Use a formatted string literal, f-string for short

print(f"{i}. {key} appears {wordBank[key]} times.")

Try the format syntax:

print ("{0}. {1} appears {2} times.".format(1, 'b', 3.1415))

Outputs:

1. b appears 3.1415 times.

The print function is called just like any other function, with parenthesis around all its arguments.

You can also format the string like so:

>>> print ("{index}. {word} appears {count} times".format(index=1, word='Hello', count=42))

Which outputs

1. Hello appears 42 times.

Because the values are named, their order does not matter. Making the example below output the same as the above example.

>>> print ("{index}. {word} appears {count} times".format(count=42, index=1, word='Hello'))

Formatting string this way allows you to do this.

>>> data = {'count':42, 'index':1, 'word':'Hello'}
>>> print ("{index}. {word} appears {count} times.".format(**data))
1. Hello appears 42 times.