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I'm trying to figure out whether this is a method or function call
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I'm doing some simple string formatting examples in Python and I'm using the old style C method for an example in my program. I understand that when you type %s within your string that is simple a placeholder for where your data or argument is going to go.

But what I don't understand is when you type the final % right before your arguments in parentheses, is that actually a method or a function call? When people were doing C language did they learn that as a call to a function?

Here is my code:

subject = "Engineering"
language = "Python"

print("I am studying %s and using %s as the programming language" % (subject, language))
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I'm trying to figure out whether this is a method or function call - by 357mag - Jul-04-2019, 12:53 AM

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