[IChoseDogLeading]

They are used for formatting strings. %d acts as a placeholder for a number %s used for a placeholder in a string

[theCRAZYshow]

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[obby]

Python 2 has print as a statement where Python 3 has print as a function (the parentheses).

I wanted to elaborate on this, this is a 100% correct answer in case specifically for print, but I wanted to answer it more broadly. I'd also like to say that IMO print should always be used as a function unless you're in a specific environment where you can't so it's interchangeable.

Anyways, () refers to calling a function, print in python2 is not a function it's a statement. Lets say we refer to a function but don't call it like

Code

def func(x):
    return x

test = func

This alone won't execute the function but

Code

def func(x):
    return x

test = func

test()

will.

We can go on to do fun things like

Code

def handleChoiceOne():
    return 'choice one'

def handleChoiceTwo():
    print('choice two')

funcDict = {
    'userChoiceOne': handleChoiceOne,
    'userChoiceTwo': handleChoiceTwo,
}

userChoice = raw_input(' : ')
funcDict[userChoice]() #not here how we are executing a function and refering to it through a dict

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[MobileMagpie]

go to places like Udemy (warez disallowed).com . its not exactly mentoring, but the classes are pretty good. I am also learning python