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Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:57:50 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: [3.13] gh-106318: Add example for str.format() (GH-137018) (#141903)
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[3.13] gh-106318: Add example for str.format() (GH-137018) (#141903)

Co-authored-by: Adorilson Bezerra <adorilson@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index b942118d67fb..101294ce3924 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -1858,10 +1858,16 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module).
    ``{}``.  Each replacement field contains either the numeric index of a
    positional argument, or the name of a keyword argument.  Returns a copy of
    the string where each replacement field is replaced with the string value of
-   the corresponding argument.
+   the corresponding argument. For example:
+
+   .. doctest::
 
       >>> "The sum of 1 + 2 is {0}".format(1+2)
       'The sum of 1 + 2 is 3'
+      >>> "The sum of {a} + {b} is {answer}".format(answer=1+2, a=1, b=2)
+      'The sum of 1 + 2 is 3'
+      >>> "{1} expects the {0} Inquisition!".format("Spanish", "Nobody")
+      'Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!'
 
    See :ref:`formatstrings` for a description of the various formatting options
    that can be specified in format strings.