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Bug #839585: mention % string operator in language ref

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Georg Brandl 2005-12-26 23:15:48 +00:00
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@ -777,6 +777,12 @@ approximately where \code{x/y} is replaced by \code{floor(x/y)} or
* y + x \%{} y} be very close to \code{x}.
}.
In addition to performing the modulo operation on numbers, the \code{\%}
operator is also overloaded by string and unicode objects to perform
string formatting (also known as interpolation). The syntax for string
formatting is described in the Python Library Reference, section
``Sequence Types''.
\deprecated{2.3}{The floor division operator, the modulo operator,
and the \function{divmod()} function are no longer defined for complex
numbers. Instead, convert to a floating point number using the