From: Terry Jan Reedy Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:37:52 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Issue 15660: Clarify 0 prefix for width field in str.format doc. X-Git-Tag: v2.7.5~109^2~372 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=73b19d0b004d3d490b2f6ec2afeb9e64262f65a8;p=python Issue 15660: Clarify 0 prefix for width field in str.format doc. --- diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst index ee6dbbc656..0eda746ede 100644 --- a/Doc/library/string.rst +++ b/Doc/library/string.rst @@ -389,9 +389,9 @@ 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