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| author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2009-07-12 20:47:13 (GMT) |
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| committer | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2009-07-12 20:47:13 (GMT) |
| commit | 868aa06b669f7eb209ceaa8c964fe089aa939f68 (patch) | |
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| parent | 41fe28220bf2790277f9a82446c73736709378c6 (diff) | |
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Document the thousands separator.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst index 861dd1f..215e76d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/string.rst +++ b/Doc/library/string.rst @@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ result as if you had called :func:`str` on the value. The general form of a *standard format specifier* is: .. productionlist:: sf - format_spec: [[`fill`]`align`][`sign`][#][0][`width`][.`precision`][`type`] + format_spec: [[`fill`]`align`][`sign`][#][0][`width`][,][.`precision`][`type`] fill: <a character other than '}'> align: "<" | ">" | "=" | "^" sign: "+" | "-" | " " @@ -358,6 +358,10 @@ The ``'#'`` option is only valid for integers, and only for binary, octal, or hexadecimal output. If present, it specifies that the output will be prefixed by ``'0b'``, ``'0o'``, or ``'0x'``, respectively. +The ``','`` option signals the use of a comma for a thousands separator. +For a locale aware separator, use the ``'n'`` integer presentation type +instead. + *width* is a decimal integer defining the minimum field width. If not specified, then the field width will be determined by the content. |