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| author | Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> | 2012-08-17 15:40:46 -0400 |
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| committer | Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> | 2012-08-17 15:40:46 -0400 |
| commit | f6190c146347c088d1927e95fa5cb3cfbea6f423 (patch) | |
| tree | bf9081652c2e2cfd309f5bc8678d5a2e87828777 /Doc/library/string.rst | |
| parent | d9c026fd7710c2e4c074595ef0dfa026b6fa1dcf (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-f6190c146347c088d1927e95fa5cb3cfbea6f423.tar.gz | |
Issue 15660: Clarify 0 prefix for width field in str.format doc.
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst index fc0bd2449b..aed191b748 100644 --- a/Doc/library/string.rst +++ b/Doc/library/string.rst @@ -368,9 +368,9 @@ instead. *width* is a decimal integer defining the minimum field width. If not specified, then the field width will be determined by the content. -If the *width* field is preceded by a zero (``'0'``) character, this enables -zero-padding. This is equivalent to an *alignment* type of ``'='`` and a *fill* -character of ``'0'``. +Preceding the *width* field by a zero (``'0'``) character enables +sign-aware zero-padding for numeric types. This is equivalent to a *fill* +character of ``'0'`` with an *alignment* type of ``'='``. The *precision* is a decimal number indicating how many digits should be displayed after the decimal point for a floating point value formatted with |