On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:48:13 am Richard D. Moores wrote: > 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?
You're looking in the wrong place. This is not part of format strings, as it doesn't use the str.format() method. It uses the % string interpolation operator. http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/stdtypes.html#old-string-formatting-operations You can get the same result with the format mini-language. See the example "Nested arguments and more complex examples" just before the section on Template Strings here: http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/string.html#format-specification-mini-language -- Steven D'Aprano _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
