What is thr meaning of '%' in string formatting??

Question

https://code.sololearn.com/cwI6eeB470in/?ref=app

In this code I get different output if I change %a with %s. Does it have any special meaning if yes what it is and what are the other such character.

Answer 1

Using %s style formatters is the old way of string formatting.
Please check this link that explains the various ways to do this in python.
https://pyformat.info/
%a is supposed to refer to the ascii representation of the string.

Answer 2

% is the prefix that indicates that what follows is the type of what should be formatted to.

%s means insert of a string
%a is no valid format which i know

(I also didn't find it in the tutorial linked below)

http://python-reference.readthedocs.io/en/latest/docs/str/formatting.html

Sry for my bad english.

Answer 3

Checker 8763 thanks and your english is not bad, writing that again and again will make your brain think it is bad