I wanna make a "Hello, (name)." function in Python by trying to make the C printf function.
I want to turn it from this:
name = input("What's your name? ")
print(f"Hello, {name}.")
Into this:
name = input("What's your name? ")
printf("Hello, %s.", name)
I started off the function like this and I knew it wasn't going to work because of the second argument:
def printf(text, ...):
print(text)
How can I make a properly working printf function like this?
def printf(text, *args):
print(text % args)
That should do the trick, but perhaps just use an f string like you did in the first example, no need to "reinvent the wheel" right?
there is no printf function in Python, there however is the f string. You used it in one of your examples just go with that its honestly super easy and efficient
I think you are expecting something like this:
name = input("What's your name?")
print("Hello, %s!" % name)
You can learn more here: String Formatting in learnpython.org
You don't have to rewrite a function at all. You see:
name = input("What's your name? ")
print("Hello,%s."%name) # Basically the same as the printf function.
print("Hello,", name)