From: Mariatta <Mariatta@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 18:46:43 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Improve f-strings documentation (GH-3604)
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X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f3618970690b08ed88e430ba8017859b4fafc3f9;p=python

Improve f-strings documentation (GH-3604)

Provide additional examples of using format specifiers in f-strings
Added examples for using integer and date format specifiers.
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diff --git a/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst b/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst
index 1a7c6f9c75..baf1f09dff 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst
@@ -676,6 +676,12 @@ Some examples of formatted string literals::
    >>> value = decimal.Decimal("12.34567")
    >>> f"result: {value:{width}.{precision}}"  # nested fields
    'result:      12.35'
+   >>> today = datetime(year=2017, month=1, day=27)
+   >>> f"{today:%b %d, %Y}"  # using date format specifier
+   'January 27, 2017'
+   >>> number = 1024
+   >>> f"{number:#0x}"  # using integer presentation type as format specifier
+   '0x400'
 
 A consequence of sharing the same syntax as regular string literals is
 that characters in the replacement fields must not conflict with the