Formatting Output

1. FORMATTING
VARIABLES AND
OUTPUT

2. CONSTANTS

3. DATA TYPE CONVERSION
• Can control how variables are interpreted within the
program:
• Two types:
• Evaluation
• Code: eval(string)
• Ex. eval(“51” + “52”)
• eval( str1 ** str2)
• test = eval(input(“Enter a num”))
• Conversion
• Code: datatype(value/variable)
• Ex. int(4.5)  4
• float(4)  4.0
• str(num)  “4”

4. THE ESCAPE SEQUENCE
• Used within a string to perform a specific task
• Code: print(“”This is an example”n”)

5. FORMATTING OUTPUT
• Controls how the information is displayed:
• size
• Position
• Justification
• padding
• number of digits
• Dataytype
• The format function formats a number, string, or both
and returns the information as a string.
• Code: format(variable, ‘format-specifier’)

6. THE FORMAT FUNCTION
 Code: print(format(item, ‘ ’)

7. THE FORMAT FUNCTION
 Code: print(format(item, ‘ ’)