Formatting string mixes implicitly and explicitly numbered fields¶

ID: py/str-format/mixed-fields
Kind: problem
Security severity: 
Severity: error
Precision: high
Tags:
   - quality
   - reliability
   - correctness
Query suites:
   - python-code-quality.qls
   - python-security-and-quality.qls

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A formatting expression, that is an expression of the form the_format.format(args) or format(the_format, args), can use explicitly numbered fields, like {1}, or implicitly numbered fields, such as {}, but it cannot use both. Doing so will raise a ValueError.

Recommendation¶

Use either explicitly numbered fields or implicitly numbered fields, but be consistent.

Example¶

In the following example the formatting uses both implicit, {}, and explicit, {1}, numbering for fields, which is illegal.

def illegal_format():
    "{} {1}".format("spam", "eggs")

References¶

Python Library Reference: String Formatting.

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