Re: simple string formatting question

Neal Becker a écrit : I have a list of strings (sys.argv actually). I want to print them as a space-delimited string (actually, the same way they went into the command line, so I can cut and paste) So if I run my program like: ./my_prog a b c d I want it to print: './my_prog' 'a' 'b'

Re: simple string formatting question

Neal Becker wrote: I have a list of strings (sys.argv actually). I want to print them as a space-delimited string (actually, the same way they went into the command line, so I can cut and paste) So if I run my program like: ./my_prog a b c d I want it to print: './my_prog' 'a' 'b' 'c'

Re: simple string formatting question

On 2007-12-14, Neal Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a list of strings (sys.argv actually). I want to print them as a space-delimited string (actually, the same way they went into the command line, so I can cut and paste) So if I run my program like: ./my_prog a b c d I want it to

Re: Simple string formatting question

Paul McGuire wrote: Ooops, don't combine the two calls to rstrip(). def format(f, width=3): return (%.*f % (width, f)).rstrip(.0) print format(3.140) print format(3.000) print format(3.001) print format(30.) print format(30.000) hey, I'm doing test-driven development. being

Re: Simple string formatting question

Steven D'Aprano wrote: I have a sinking feeling I'm missing something really, really simple. I'm looking for a format string similar to '%.3f' except that trailing zeroes are not included. To give some examples: FloatString 1.0 1 1.1 1.1 12.1234

Re: Simple string formatting question

Steven D'Aprano [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have a sinking feeling I'm missing something really, really simple. Oh no, everyone in the galaxy gets that, that's perfectly natural paranoia. I'm looking for a format string similar to '%.3f' except that trailing zeroes are not included. Can;t

Re: Simple string formatting question

Steven D'Aprano wrote: Here is a (quick and dirty) reference implementation: def format(f, width=3): fs = '%%.%df' % width s = fs % f return s.rstrip('0').rstrip('.') Is there a way of getting the same result with just a single string format expression? not with % itself,

Re: Simple string formatting question

Fredrik Lundh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Steven D'Aprano wrote: Here is a (quick and dirty) reference implementation: def format(f, width=3): fs = '%%.%df' % width s = fs % f return s.rstrip('0').rstrip('.') Is there a way of getting the

Re: Simple string formatting question

On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 22:16:05 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: Steven D'Aprano [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm looking for a format string similar to '%.3f' except that trailing zeroes are not included. Can;t be done, to my knowledge. You specify a particular precision, and the number will be

Re: Simple string formatting question

Steven D'Aprano [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 22:16:05 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: Steven D'Aprano [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1 I'm looking for a format string similar to '%.3f' except that trailing zeroes are not included. Can;t be done, to my knowledge. You specify a