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4 Comments Posted by dingyichen on 2018/09/03

In Python 2.7, str.format() works with empty string like:

python -c "print '{}'.format('')"

However, in Python < 2.6, you will see:

ValueError: zero length field name in format

Workaround? Use %-formatting like:

python -c "print '%s' % ''"