Index: stdtypes.rst =================================================================== --- stdtypes.rst (revision 80673) +++ stdtypes.rst (working copy) @@ -1331,8 +1331,8 @@ 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