Heres what I did: Search Google for "Python format strings" and from the first link click on String Formatting operations in the contents pane:
http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html#string-formatting-operations Read item number 4. :-) Alan Gauld Author of the Learn To Program website http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ ----- Original Message ---- > From: Richard D. Moores <[email protected]> > To: ALAN GAULD <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, 19 July, 2010 15:48:13 > Subject: Re: [Tutor] A file containing a string of 1 billion random digits. > > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 07:14, ALAN GAULD < > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> 4 and executed many times. Seems the 0 in > 0dddd is >> there when a dddd is a 3-digit number such as > 123. >> In that case a zero is prefixed to 123 to produce >> > 0123. Or if just 23, 2 zeros are prefixed, etc. >> > Correct? > > Yes, the zero indicates that the string should be > padded > with zeros to the length specified. The format string > > documentation gives all the details I've been unable to find any mention > of that use of the asterisk in the 3.1 docs, in > href="http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/string.html#formatspec"; > target=_blank > >http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/string.html#formatspec or > href="http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/string.html#formatstrings"; > target=_blank > >http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/string.html#formatstrings Suggestion? Dick _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
