Georg Brandl wrote: > Is there a reason why the "alternate format" isn't documented for float > conversions in http://docs.python.org/lib/typesseq-strings.html ? > > '%#8.f' % 1.0 keeps the decimal point while '%8.f' % 1.0 drops it. > > Also, for %g the alternate form keeps trailing zeroes. > > While at it, I noticed a difference between %f and %g: > > '%.3f' % 1.123 is "1.123" while > '%.3g' % 1.123 is "1.12". > > Is that intentional?
Reviewing the printf man page, this is okay since for %f, the precision is the number of digits after the decimal point while for %g, it is the number of significant digits. Still, that should be documented in the Python manual. Georg _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
