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diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst index 9bc703e..78bd167 100644 --- a/Doc/library/string.rst +++ b/Doc/library/string.rst @@ -428,12 +428,13 @@ character of ``'0'`` with an *alignment* type of ``'='``. Preceding the *width* field by ``'0'`` no longer affects the default alignment for strings. -The *precision* is a decimal number indicating how many digits should be -displayed after the decimal point for a floating point value formatted with -``'f'`` and ``'F'``, or before and after the decimal point for a floating point -value formatted with ``'g'`` or ``'G'``. For non-number types the field +The *precision* is a decimal integer indicating how many digits should be +displayed after the decimal point for presentation types +``'f'`` and ``'F'``, or before and after the decimal point for presentation +types ``'g'`` or ``'G'``. For string presentation types the field indicates the maximum field size - in other words, how many characters will be -used from the field content. The *precision* is not allowed for integer values. +used from the field content. The *precision* is not allowed for integer +presentation types. Finally, the *type* determines how the data should be presented. |