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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2002-10-25 16:55:51 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2002-10-25 16:55:51 (GMT)
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- The "-" format flag overrides the "0" flag, not the "-" flag.
- Documented the alternate forms, which were claimed to be documented but were not.
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@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ The conversion flag characters are:
(where defined below).}
\lineii{0}{The conversion will be zero padded.}
\lineii{-}{The converted value is left adjusted (overrides
- \character{-}).}
+ the \character{0} conversion if both are given).}
\lineii{{~}}{(a space) A blank should be left before a positive number
(or empty string) produced by a signed conversion.}
\lineii{+}{A sign character (\character{+} or \character{-}) will
@@ -810,35 +810,50 @@ present, but are ignored as they are not necessary for Python.
The conversion types are:
-\begin{tableii}{c|l}{character}{Conversion}{Meaning}
- \lineii{d}{Signed integer decimal.}
- \lineii{i}{Signed integer decimal.}
- \lineii{o}{Unsigned octal.}
- \lineii{u}{Unsigned decimal.}
- \lineii{x}{Unsigned hexidecimal (lowercase).}
- \lineii{X}{Unsigned hexidecimal (uppercase).}
- \lineii{e}{Floating point exponential format (lowercase).}
- \lineii{E}{Floating point exponential format (uppercase).}
- \lineii{f}{Floating point decimal format.}
- \lineii{F}{Floating point decimal format.}
- \lineii{g}{Same as \character{e} if exponent is greater than -4 or
- less than precision, \character{f} otherwise.}
- \lineii{G}{Same as \character{E} if exponent is greater than -4 or
- less than precision, \character{F} otherwise.}
- \lineii{c}{Single character (accepts integer or single character
- string).}
- \lineii{r}{String (converts any python object using
- \function{repr()}).}
- \lineii{s}{String (converts any python object using
- \function{str()}).}
- \lineii{\%}{No argument is converted, results in a \character{\%}
- character in the result. (The complete specification is
- \code{\%\%}.)}
-\end{tableii}
+\begin{tableiii}{c|l|c}{character}{Conversion}{Meaning}{Notes}
+ \lineiii{d}{Signed integer decimal.}{}
+ \lineiii{i}{Signed integer decimal.}{}
+ \lineiii{o}{Unsigned octal.}{(1)}
+ \lineiii{u}{Unsigned decimal.}{}
+ \lineiii{x}{Unsigned hexidecimal (lowercase).}{(2)}
+ \lineiii{X}{Unsigned hexidecimal (uppercase).}{(2)}
+ \lineiii{e}{Floating point exponential format (lowercase).}{}
+ \lineiii{E}{Floating point exponential format (uppercase).}{}
+ \lineiii{f}{Floating point decimal format.}{}
+ \lineiii{F}{Floating point decimal format.}{}
+ \lineiii{g}{Same as \character{e} if exponent is greater than -4 or
+ less than precision, \character{f} otherwise.}{}
+ \lineiii{G}{Same as \character{E} if exponent is greater than -4 or
+ less than precision, \character{F} otherwise.}{}
+ \lineiii{c}{Single character (accepts integer or single character
+ string).}{}
+ \lineiii{r}{String (converts any python object using
+ \function{repr()}).}{(3)}
+ \lineiii{s}{String (converts any python object using
+ \function{str()}).}{}
+ \lineiii{\%}{No argument is converted, results in a \character{\%}
+ character in the result.}{}
+\end{tableiii}
-% XXX Examples?
+\noindent
+Notes:
+\begin{description}
+ \item[(1)]
+ The alternate form causes a leading zero (\character{0}) to be
+ inserted between left-hand padding and the formatting of the
+ number if the leading character of the result is not already a
+ zero.
+ \item[(2)]
+ The alternate form causes a leading \code{'0x'} or \code{'0X'}
+ (depending on whether the \character{x} or \character{X} format
+ was used) to be inserted between left-hand padding and the
+ formatting of the number if the leading character of the result is
+ not already a zero.
+ \item[(3)]
+ The \code{\%r} conversion was added in Python 2.0.
+\end{description}
-(The \code{\%r} conversion was added in Python 2.0.)
+% XXX Examples?
Since Python strings have an explicit length, \code{\%s} conversions
do not assume that \code{'\e0'} is the end of the string.