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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">>> print '%8.8s' %(10000000001.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>> '10000000'<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would expect this to return a TypeError.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Steve<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#0134FF">Steven P. Doyle<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#666666">Staff Engineer <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#0134FF">M4 </span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#666666">Engineering, Inc.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#666666">562.981.7797 x231 <br>
562.981.2127 fax<u><br>
</u><a href="mailto:steve.doyle@m4-engineering.com" title="mailto:brian.mott@m4-engineering.com"><span style="color:blue">steve.doyle@m4-engineering.com</span></a>
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