why is this variable not printing out properly?

[sixteenornumber]

here is one more method.

>>> var1 = 2 + 2
>>> print "the result of all calculations is %s and we are done." % var1
the result of all calculations is 4 and we are done.

you can also print floats to a specific decimal place. 

>>> PI = 3.14159265389793
>>> print "Pi to the 2nd decimal place is %.02f" %PI
Pi to the 2nd decimal place is 3.14
>>> print "Pi to the 3rd decimal place is \"%.03f\" and pi to the 4th decimal place is \"%.04f\"." %(PI, PI)
Pi to the 3rd decimal place is "3.141" and pi to the 4th decimal place is "3.1415".