Commit 4eeb5d41 authored by Benjamin Peterson's avatar Benjamin Peterson

remove auto-numbered format fields

parent ee5c9b21
...@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ with zeros. It understands about plus and minus signs:: ...@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ with zeros. It understands about plus and minus signs::
Basic usage of the :meth:`str.format` method looks like this:: Basic usage of the :meth:`str.format` method looks like this::
>>> print 'We are the {} who say "{}!"'.format('knights', 'Ni') >>> print 'We are the {0} who say "{1}!"'.format('knights', 'Ni')
We are the knights who say "Ni!" We are the knights who say "Ni!"
The brackets and characters within them (called format fields) are replaced with The brackets and characters within them (called format fields) are replaced with
...@@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ Positional and keyword arguments can be arbitrarily combined:: ...@@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ Positional and keyword arguments can be arbitrarily combined::
convert the value before it is formatted. :: convert the value before it is formatted. ::
>>> import math >>> import math
>>> print 'The value of PI is approximately {}.'.format(math.pi) >>> print 'The value of PI is approximately {0}.'.format(math.pi)
The value of PI is approximately 3.14159265359. The value of PI is approximately 3.14159265359.
>>> print 'The value of PI is approximately {!r}.'.format(math.pi) >>> print 'The value of PI is approximately {0!r}.'.format(math.pi)
The value of PI is approximately 3.141592653589793. The value of PI is approximately 3.141592653589793.
An optional ``':'`` and format specifier can follow the field name. This allows An optional ``':'`` and format specifier can follow the field name. This allows
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