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diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst index fc0bd24..aed191b 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 |