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Hailey Roy
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How can i handle -typeerror: not enough arguments for format string?

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I’m building a new program, but when I run it, an error pops up. The error displayed is as follows:

TypeError: not enough arguments for format string

I have tried several workarounds, but they still do not get the desired results. If you have come across this situation and have a solution for the “typeerror: not enough arguments for format string” problem, pls let me know. Here is what I do:

instr = "'%s', '%s', '%d', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s'" % softname, procversion, int(percent), exe, description, company, procurl

Thanks!

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    The cause: This error happens because the % syntax to format strings is getting obsolete. 

    Solution: You should use it if your Python version supports it. This will also fix the error you made.

    instr = "'{0}', '{1}', '{2}', '{3}', '{4}', '{5}', '{6}'".format(softname, procversion, int(percent), exe, description, company, procurl)
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  2. Format arguments must be converted to a tuple (add brackets) 

    instr = "'%s', '%s', '%d', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s'" % (softname, procversion, int(percent), exe, description, company, procurl)

    The current situation is the same as the following: 

    intstr = ("'%s', '%s', '%d', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s'" % softname), procversion, int(percent), exe, description, company, procurl

    Example: 

    >>> "%s %s" % 'hello', 'world'
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: not enough arguments for format string
>>> "%s %s" % ('hello', 'world')
'hello world'
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