On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 07:14, ALAN GAULD <alan.ga...@btinternet.com> wrote: > > >> 4 and executed many times. Seems the 0 in 0dddd is >> there when a dddd is a 3-digit number such as 123. >> In that case a zero is prefixed to 123 to produce >> 0123. Or if just 23, 2 zeros are prefixed, etc. >> Correct? > > Yes, the zero indicates that the string should be padded > with zeros to the length specified. The format string > documentation gives all the details
I've been unable to find any mention of that use of the asterisk in the 3.1 docs, in http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/string.html#formatspec or http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/string.html#formatstrings Suggestion? Dick _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
