From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 09:19:03 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: #8556: use less confusing mapping key in example.
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#8556: use less confusing mapping key in example.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index 2232b66c0c..ec4f9b893a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -1414,9 +1414,8 @@ formats in the string *must* include a parenthesised mapping key into that
 dictionary inserted immediately after the ``'%'`` character. The mapping key
 selects the value to be formatted from the mapping.  For example:
 
-
-   >>> print('%(language)s has %(#)03d quote types.' % \
-   ...       {'language': "Python", "#": 2})
+   >>> print('%(language)s has %(number)03d quote types.' %
+   ...       {'language': "Python", "number": 2})
    Python has 002 quote types.
 
 In this case no ``*`` specifiers may occur in a format (since they require a