Python % in Printing

Question

So here I have the code:

people = ['Amy','Tom','DeShawn','Catherine']
for i, f enumerate(people):
   print("%r: The person's name is %s" %(i,f))

and my results are

0: The person's name is Amy 
1: The person's name is Tom
2: The person's name is DeShawn
3: The person's name is Catherine

Can someone explain how does the "%r" and "%s" work in my print function. Also if any other values can be used to replace the r and s value.

Answer 1

The new style for formatting is using the format() method. Which works like this:

>>> people = ['Amy','Tom','DeShawn','Catherine']
>>> for i, f in enumerate(people):
...     print ("{}: The person's name is {}".format(i, f)) 

For more info, see https://docs.python.org/3/library/string.html#string-formatting