From: Terry Jan Reedy Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 06:04:33 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Issue #22546: update doc for mini-language float None presentation type. X-Git-Tag: v3.5.0a1~747^2 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c6ad57608b2581ff14a825f3bcf30a0337ba71e8;p=python Issue #22546: update doc for mini-language float None presentation type. --- diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst index e5bab684df..f9da5fa7ad 100644 --- a/Doc/library/string.rst +++ b/Doc/library/string.rst @@ -478,10 +478,12 @@ The available presentation types for floating point and decimal values are: | ``'%'`` | Percentage. Multiplies the number by 100 and displays | | | in fixed (``'f'``) format, followed by a percent sign. | +---------+----------------------------------------------------------+ - | None | Similar to ``'g'``, except with at least one digit past | - | | the decimal point and a default precision of 12. This is | - | | intended to match :func:`str`, except you can add the | - | | other format modifiers. | + | None | Similar to ``'g'``, except that fixed-point notation, | + | | when used, has at least one digit past the decimal point.| + | | The default precision is as high as needed to represent | + | | the particular value. The overall effect is to match the | + | | output of :func:`str` as altered by the other format | + | | modifiers. | +---------+----------------------------------------------------------+