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gh-110383: Improve 'old string formatting' text in tutorial (#120219)

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@ -279,9 +279,11 @@ left with zeros. It understands about plus and minus signs::
Old string formatting
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The % operator (modulo) can also be used for string formatting. Given ``'string'
% values``, instances of ``%`` in ``string`` are replaced with zero or more
elements of ``values``. This operation is commonly known as string
The % operator (modulo) can also be used for string formatting.
Given ``format % values`` (where *format* is a string),
``%`` conversion specifications in *format* are replaced with
zero or more elements of *values*.
This operation is commonly known as string
interpolation. For example::
>>> import math