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| author | Eric V. Smith <eric@trueblade.com> | 2013-04-15 13:51:54 (GMT) |
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| committer | Eric V. Smith <eric@trueblade.com> | 2013-04-15 13:51:54 (GMT) |
| commit | 45fe62dc9c406f1c2520867d99e557ac227f9bfb (patch) | |
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Issue #17728: Specify default precision for float.format for presentation types e, f, and g.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst index 0d50760..c92a005 100644 --- a/Doc/library/string.rst +++ b/Doc/library/string.rst @@ -432,12 +432,13 @@ The available presentation types for floating point and decimal values are: +=========+==========================================================+ | ``'e'`` | Exponent notation. Prints the number in scientific | | | notation using the letter 'e' to indicate the exponent. | + | | The default precision is ``6``. | +---------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | ``'E'`` | Exponent notation. Same as ``'e'`` except it uses an | | | upper case 'E' as the separator character. | +---------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | ``'f'`` | Fixed point. Displays the number as a fixed-point | - | | number. | + | | number. The default precision is ``6``. | +---------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | ``'F'`` | Fixed point. Same as ``'f'``, but converts ``nan`` to | | | ``NAN`` and ``inf`` to ``INF``. | @@ -464,7 +465,7 @@ The available presentation types for floating point and decimal values are: | | the precision. | | | | | | A precision of ``0`` is treated as equivalent to a | - | | precision of ``1``. | + | | precision of ``1``. The default precision is ``6``. | +---------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | ``'G'`` | General format. Same as ``'g'`` except switches to | | | ``'E'`` if the number gets too large. The | |